The trial of a melanoma drug offers a glimpse at navigating a medical frontier as more drugs tailored to the genetic profile of a cancer are being tested on humans.
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Target Cancer: After Long Fight, Drug Gives Sudden Reprieve
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Target Cancer: After Long Fight, Drug Gives Sudden Reprieve
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Target Cancer: A Roller Coaster Chase for a Cure
Monday, February 22nd, 2010The trial of the drug known as PLX4032 has been a roller coaster of advances and setbacks at what many see as a watershed moment in understanding genetic changes that cause cancer.
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Target Cancer: A Roller Coaster Chase for a Cure
Scientists Decode Genomes of Five Africans, Including Archbishop Tutu
Thursday, February 18th, 2010An analysis of four African Bushmen and the archbishop found 1.3 million novel DNA variants, an important step in expanding the study of genetic diversity.
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Scientists Decode Genomes of Five Africans, Including Archbishop Tutu
Airport Efforts to Detect Explosives Expand
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Screeners will swab hands in addition to carry-on items to detect residues of explosives, randomly re-screening passengers in boarding areas.
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Airport Efforts to Detect Explosives Expand
Forty Years’ War: Old Ideas Spur New Approaches in Cancer Fight
Monday, December 28th, 2009In a shift in thinking about why cancer occurs and how to stop it, researchers are looking to a cancer’s surroundings.
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Forty Years’ War: Old Ideas Spur New Approaches in Cancer Fight
A Tentative Sparkle Enlivens Holiday Shopping
Monday, December 28th, 2009This season, retailers controlled inventories and expenses, leading to fewer discounts and better profit margins.
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A Tentative Sparkle Enlivens Holiday Shopping
After Setbacks, Small Successes for Gene Therapy
Friday, November 6th, 2009Three recent successes, though small, prompted hopes among scientists that a still-experimental idea for correcting genetic disorders might be back.
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After Setbacks, Small Successes for Gene Therapy
Three Americans Share Nobel Prize for Medicine
Monday, October 5th, 2009The three scientists solved a longstanding puzzle of cell biology with deep relevance to cancer and aging.
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Three Americans Share Nobel Prize for Medicine