by Maria Dalby: Advances in diagnostic techniques, genetic testing and immunosuppressive protocols allow clinicians to tailor interventions to the individual patient’s needs to a greater extent than in… read more.
Men with asthma are less likely to have aggressive prostate cancer or to die from the disease, according to a large, prospective cohort study published in the International… read more.
UNSW Australia researchers have shown that changing just a single letter of the DNA of human red blood cells in the laboratory increases their production of oxygen-carrying haemoglobin… read more.
Results highlight importance of pre-test counselling for at-risk patient populations. Some at-risk patients opted out of comprehensive cancer gene screening when presented with the opportunity to be tested… read more.
by Bruce Slyvester: Among a large group of women who carry disease-associated mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, genetic mutations appear to be associated with significantly different risks of developing breast… read more.
Genetic factors help to explain the commonly found association between low back pain and depression, suggests a large study of twins in the March issue of PAIN®.
by Thomas R. Collins: Pursuit of useful risk biomarkers in HL still a work-in-progress. The quest for biomarkers in classic Hodgkin lymphoma, to determine which patients are at a… read more.
by Denys Wheatley: There is some irony in the title of this symposium because medicine should always be as precise as it can, and advances are expected that… read more.
Keynote lecture: Professor Sir Mike Stratton (Cambridge/Hinxton, UK) by Denys Wheatley. On the thesis that the genetic understanding of cancer is fundamental to classifying and hence treating patients… read more.
by Denys Wheatley: Chaired by Atsushi Ohtsu and Jean-Yves Douillard, the first speaker Dr Kato (Japan) addressed the issue of the quest for different mutations in the hope… read more.
Reports from the European Society for Medical Oncology 2014 Congress in Madrid by Denys Wheatley: In his talk on Visualising the true spectrum of cancer- will we get… read more.
People with asthma often have a hard time dealing with respiratory viruses such as the flu or the common cold, and researchers have struggled to explain why.
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