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Targeted Therapy: one of the major modalities of medical treatment for cancer, others being hormonal therapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy.
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FEB 11, 2016Cardiology
Rare but deadly, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a disease where blood clots block the smallest blood vesse ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 08, 2016Health & Medicine
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives—a stark reminder of the lack of effect ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Childhood brain cancers may fare better with proton beam therapy than conventional radiotherapies, say researchers from ...FEB 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, unprecedented move, UK national fertility regulators have given the green light for scientists to use the ...FEB 01, 2016Microbiology
To most of us “virulent” means “aggressive,” or just plain “bad,” but to a microbiol ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 31, 2016Genetics & Genomics
If you’ve ever taken a biology class, you have an understanding of what a gene is. You would be familiar with the ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJAN 30, 2016Immunology
More than 50 million Americans live with chronic pain, according to 2012 national survey (American Pain Society). While ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 29, 2016Cardiology
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease in the United States, and a recent study has ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Precision medicine makes its way to one of the most complicated organs in the body: the brain. Researchers from the Univ ...JAN 26, 2016Cancer
TSRI and UC Berkeley Team Solves Structure of 'Flipping' Cellular Machine, Pointing to Possible Alzheimer’ ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 26, 2016Immunology
Acting alongside T helper cells, the all-stars of adaptive immunity, regulatory T cells work to suppress any “pote ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 22, 2016Videos
The hot new buzz word in cancer treatment is "immunotherapy." Researchers are looking at tumors as virus-based and are t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When x-ray radiation fails or when complete surgical removal is not possible, chemotherapy is the next best available op ...JAN 14, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A disease that causes blindness in both rats and humans could be prevented or reversed with a new genetic editing techno ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 13, 2016Neuroscience
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that a lipid (fat molecule) in brain cells may act a ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 08, 2016Videos
Any kind of cancer diagnosis is frightening, but pancreatic cancer is especially difficult to treat. A new study from th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 03, 2016Health & Medicine
.body_content a{color: #175CA9;} .body_content a:hover{color: #1A4E75;text-decoration: underline;} .body_content{text-al ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJAN 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Vision loss due to retinal damage or old age affects millions of people worldwide each year. Researchers from the Univer ...DEC 25, 2015Videos
In the fight against lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the US, the newest weapons are immunotherapy dru ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 24, 2015Immunology
Some tumor cells in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) express programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) that bind ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 23, 2015Immunology
Inhibiting large cellular populations of myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs – look up) could be a new therapy ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 08, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have deployed a powerful new drug discovery technique to identify ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 06, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Cocaine is the most powerful stimulant with natural origins. Once addicted to the drug, few users are able to quit succe ...NOV 29, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute announced the discovery of a new anti-cancer compound, ...
FEB 11, 2016
Cardiology
Rare but deadly, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a disease where blood clots block the smallest blood vesse
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives—a stark reminder of the lack of effect
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Childhood brain cancers may fare better with proton beam therapy than conventional radiotherapies, say researchers from
...
FEB 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, unprecedented move, UK national fertility regulators have given the green light for scientists to use the
...
FEB 01, 2016
Microbiology
To most of us “virulent” means “aggressive,” or just plain “bad,” but to a microbiol
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 31, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
If you’ve ever taken a biology class, you have an understanding of what a gene is. You would be familiar with the
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JAN 30, 2016
Immunology
More than 50 million Americans live with chronic pain, according to 2012 national survey (American Pain Society). While
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 29, 2016
Cardiology
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease in the United States, and a recent study has
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Precision medicine makes its way to one of the most complicated organs in the body: the brain. Researchers from the Univ
...
JAN 26, 2016
Cancer
TSRI and UC Berkeley Team Solves Structure of 'Flipping' Cellular Machine, Pointing to Possible Alzheimer’
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 26, 2016
Immunology
Acting alongside T helper cells, the all-stars of adaptive immunity, regulatory T cells work to suppress any “pote
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2016
Videos
The hot new buzz word in cancer treatment is "immunotherapy." Researchers are looking at tumors as virus-based and are t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When x-ray radiation fails or when complete surgical removal is not possible, chemotherapy is the next best available op
...
JAN 14, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A disease that causes blindness in both rats and humans could be prevented or reversed with a new genetic editing techno
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 13, 2016
Neuroscience
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that a lipid (fat molecule) in brain cells may act a
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 08, 2016
Videos
Any kind of cancer diagnosis is frightening, but pancreatic cancer is especially difficult to treat. A new study from th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 03, 2016
Health & Medicine
.body_content a{color: #175CA9;} .body_content a:hover{color: #1A4E75;text-decoration: underline;} .body_content{text-al
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JAN 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Vision loss due to retinal damage or old age affects millions of people worldwide each year. Researchers from the Univer
...
DEC 25, 2015
Videos
In the fight against lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the US, the newest weapons are immunotherapy dru
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 24, 2015
Immunology
Some tumor cells in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) express programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) that bind
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 23, 2015
Immunology
Inhibiting large cellular populations of myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs – look up) could be a new therapy
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 08, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have deployed a powerful new drug discovery technique to identify
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 06, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cocaine is the most powerful stimulant with natural origins. Once addicted to the drug, few users are able to quit succe
...
NOV 29, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute announced the discovery of a new anti-cancer compound,
...