Histone acetyltransferase 1 (Hat1) is responsible for the acetylation of newly synthesized histone H4 on lysines 5 and 12 during the process of chromatin assembly. To understand the broader biological role of Hat1, we have generated a conditional mouse knockout model...
In their paper “Characterization of a plastic scintillating detector for the Small Animal Radiation Research Platform (SARRP)” Johnstone CD, Therriault-Proulx F, Beaulieu L & Bazalova-Carter M aimed to characterize a small plastic scintillator developed for high...
Xstrahl Medical, global leader in superficial radiotherapy devices to treat non-melanoma skin cancer and dermatological conditions, is featuring its RADiant treatment system at the annual California Society of Dermatology symposium in Santa Barbara from September...
September 18th Open call for original research articles and current reviews dedicated to the development and application of animal models in radiotherapy research for publication in Cancers. Animal models are essential tools in radiotherapy research that have...
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer and arises from abnormal growth in the squamous cells of the skin’s outermost layer due to cumulative exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Without treatment, cSCC can be...
September 13th, 2019 New X-ray radiotherapy image guidance system and SARRP beamline research platform among advanced new solutions showcased on Xstrahl booth (No. 4028) at American Society for Radiation Oncology annual meeting in Chicago, September 15th-18th....
In their paper “Xstrahl therapy results in tissue conservation and long-term control of melanoma in situ of the lower eyelid” Gerald B Fogarty, Amy Ziebell, Stephanie Nicholls, Susith Kulasekara, Doug Duthie and Krishna Tumuluri present the case of a middle-aged woman...
Non-ablative or mild hyperthermia (HT) has been shown in preclinical and clinical studies as a localized radiosensitizer that enhances the tumoricidal effects of radiation. Most preclinical in vivo HT studies use subcutaneous tumor models which do not adequately...
Xstrahl would like to say a big thank you to all the participants of the SARRP User Meeting hosted by the Xstrahl Life Sciences team on August 25th, 2019, the first day of the ICRR 2019 conference. The SARRP User Meeting brought together SARRP scientists from Europe...