Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian Cancer: is a cancer that ignites in the female organs that produce eggs (ovaries). Ovarian cancer frequently goes undetected until it has spread within the pelvis and belly. At this late stage, ovarian cancer is more severe to treat and can be fatal.
FEB 04, 2016
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FEB 04, 2016
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The reproducibility of animal studies is now critical to ensure that limited resources are used wisely and that efforts yield useable knowledge. At this time, IACUCs and other similar a...
JAN 15, 2016
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JAN 15, 2016
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DATE: January 15, 2016
TIME: 7am EST, 12pm UK, 1pm CET
With an increasing number of biomarkers and, often, limited availability of biopsy material, there is a growing need for multiplexed...
NOV 11, 2015
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NOV 11, 2015
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Cancer is complex, but recent findings are yielding a greater understanding of the disease. The tumor suppressor genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are implicated in breast, ovarian, prostate, and other c...
SEP 30, 2015
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SEP 30, 2015
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We have been developing methods to target drugs specifically to pathologic cells, thereby avoiding collateral toxicity to healthy cells. In the case of cancer, we have exploited up-regulation...
MAY 14, 2015
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MAY 14, 2015
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Germline cancer genetics became a reality with the cloning of the tumor suppressor gene RB1 for hereditary retinoblastoma in 1986 by Friend and Weinberg. The existence of cancer susceptibili...
MAY 14, 2015
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MAY 14, 2015
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Cancer is complex, but recent findings are yielding a greater understanding of the disease. The tumor suppressor genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are implicated in breast, ovarian, prostate, and other c...
OCT 30, 2014
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OCT 30, 2014
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It has become widely accepted that the presence of intraepithelial CD8+ T cell correlate with improved patient survival. In contrast, tumors largely devoid of immune infiltrations or infiltra...
OCT 29, 2014
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OCT 29, 2014
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The modern era of Precision Medicine requires targeted delivery of molecular inhibitors that control key processes in disease pathways. PARP (Poly ADP Ribose Polymerase) plays a crucial role...
AUG 21, 2014
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AUG 21, 2014
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In this presentation I describe pathway based analyses of genotyping data to identify pathways related to the development of complex diseases, with a focus on lung cancer and selected autoimm...
AUG 20, 2014
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AUG 20, 2014
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A recent publication in Nature Genetics1 analyzed TCGA data, and classified solid tumors into two mutually exclusive classes: C class tumors, driven by copy number alterations; and M class tu...
AUG 20, 2014
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AUG 20, 2014
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The flexibility of the BioMark Real-Time PCR System, allow us to preform genetic research using different types of nano-fluidic (48.48 or 96.96) chips setup, in the thermal cycle of these chi...
MAY 28, 2014
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MAY 28, 2014
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While the "Jolie effect" has refocused attention on the central role of BRCA gene analyses in the diagnosis and prevention of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, there is a global disparity...
OCT 16, 2013
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C.E. CREDITS
OCT 16, 2013
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It is now appreciated that breast cancer is not a single disease, but instead is a spectrum of tumor subtypes with distinct cellular origins, somatic changes and somewhat predictable clinical...
AUG 21, 2013
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AUG 21, 2013
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In this presentation I describe some of the approaches we are taking to identify the genetic architecture of common complex cancers with a particular focus on the etiology of lung cancer. Can...