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Two powerhouse researchers in prostate cancer will change the way we treat the disease, thanks to funding from legendary volunteer fundraisers, the Bird Dogs and the Alberta Cancer Foundation. ...
It is estimated that approximately 85 percent of cancer patients are diagnosed and treated at local, community-based oncology practices. ...
(NASDAQ: EXAS) today announced new outcomes data from two large population-based studies1,2 presented at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). The real-world evidence suggests that use of the Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score test in clinical practice is consistent with previous clinical validation studies including TAILORx, the largest ever breast ...
The scientists previously found that APOBEC enzymes were responsible for a substantial number of mutations in 80-90 percent of bladder and cervical cancers, and 20-30 percent of head and neck, breast, and lung cancers. ...
By providing the most comprehensive, up-to-date exome design, these new products will enable researchers to delve deeper into both constitutional diseases and cancers. "The SureSelect exome has been widely adopted in both clinical and translational research, and it has greatly enabled discovery of disease-causing genes," said Jacob Thaysen, president of Agilent's Diagnostics and ...
Scientists have known for years that age is a leading risk factor for the development of many types of cancer, but why aging increases cancer risk remains unclear. Researchers suspect that DNA methylation, or the binding of chemical tags, called methyl groups, onto DNA, may be involved. ...
Three thousand hours of video footage generated since 1998 by the Community Media Trust will be curated and archived to ensure that the largest audio-visual collections on the AIDS experience in Africa will not become lost to South Africa, the country with the largest number of HIV positive individuals - or to researchers and policymakers around the world. Egyptian National ...