Browsing Engineering by Subject "Cancer"
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Characterisation of naturally occurring radioactive materials in the Mozambique-to-Secunda gas pipeline
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2022)Internationally all oil and gas extraction and processing operations are required by authorities to monitor and report on accumulation of naturally occurring radioactive material, NORM, and technically enhanced naturally ... -
Engineering approach to highly-glycolytic cancer models and systems exploration of COVID-19 vascular complications
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2022)In this thesis, engineering approaches are applied to two major medical research diseases, namely cancer and coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19). The first approach (Part A) provides new preclinical cell culture (in ... -
Metabolic energy management and cancer
(North-West University, 2007)This study examined the energy dependence of cancer cells. Glucose was found to be their main energy source. It seems possible to use this dependence to advantage in the fight against cancer. A novel experiment to reduce ...