Immunotherapy

07/01/2015

Cancer has become one of the biggest killers in the western world. High profile campaigns to tackle breast cancer and other common types have ensured that it is also one of the biggest businesses in modern medicine. To fight a high profile killer you need the best of cures....

Cancer Biomarkers

21/08/2014

When tackling any disease, the first step is to learn what signals its presence and what else these signs can mean. In discussing cancer, these signs are referred to as cancer biomarkers. Some organisations define a biomarker as a molecule that the cancerous tumor has secreted into the body,...

Flashcard Fridays – NGS and cancer

20/09/2013

The emergence of new sequencing technologies made it possible for researchers to dig deeper into complex genetics related subjects. One of these complex, hard-to-study, but extremely relevant subjects is cancer. Today”s articles provide a glimpse inside the world of cancer research with next generation sequencing: