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Boston-area teams assemble ‘encyclopedia’ of cancer cells’ vulnerability to drugs
Two Boston-area teams have assembled massive encyclopedias that predict the vulnerability of hundreds of different subtypes of cancer to dozens of drugs. The massive catalogs, being made freely available Wednesday, are an important step toward the routine personalizing of cancer care, in which patients will receive treatments tailored to the specific genetic changes that influence a tumor’s ...
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Nightmare rerun: Family’s second child diagnosed with cancer first child had just beaten - Fri, 25 May 2012 PST
Jenny Cumbie has become an unwitting human encyclopedia of medicine. Her daughters, Anna, 8, and Madeline, 5, have both battled leukemia. Anna was 2 when she was diagnosed; Madeline was 3.
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Brain Drain
MANILA, Philippines - BRAIN drain, which resulted from the migration of many Filipino professionals, is one more reason for me to pursue the establishment of a national program to help cancer patients. According to “Wikipedia,” a website free encyclopedia, brain drain originally referred to technology workers leaving their home countries, but it has since expanded into the departure of all ...
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Hospital offers patients interactive education
A new interactive online tool is providing patients and staff members access to a computer-friendly health encyclopedia designed to improve and maintain overall health.
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Online College Classes, Mobile Apps and the Digital World We Live In
Everything is going digital. From the music and books we download on our iPads and Kindles to recent films being shot and projected digitally and even to our medical records.
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More than 40 will graduates from famous Murmansk is guaranteed for higher medical education
41 the applicant from the Murmansk region could get higher medical education is guaranteed. SSA Murmansk oblast has agreed with the five public high schools of the Northwest of the country of destination.
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Are increases in autism rates in Utah, U.S. truly real?
Are increases in autism rates in Utah, U.S. truly real? By Julia Lyon The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 30, 2012 12:41PM MDT At age 9, Jack Wolfinger is on his fifth dinosaur encyclopedia. He can explain the lineage of raptors but doesn’t play with other kids at recess. He’s articulate but struggles to write down his thoughts or the answers to a test. Since kindergarten, teachers have wondered ...
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Sleep Apnea Linked To Diabetes (Again)
New research adds more evidence to the link between sleep problems and metabolic disorders like diabetes.
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In Defense of Literary Stunts
Author A. J. Jacobs says self-experimentation can start you on a path to enlightenment, whether you're taking lifestyle cues from The Bible, reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica or writing with a quill.
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Postpartum Depression Linked With Gene Variants, Study Finds
A future blood test might be able to predict which women will go on to develop depression after having a baby, new research suggests. Researchers from Warwick Medical School found that women who develop postnatal, or postpartum, depression are more likely to have two kinds of genetic variants.
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