By Jeanne Erdmann
By Len D. Lichtenfeld
Scientific research is often difficult to understand and interpret, even for those of us who do it frequently. Translating research into sound bites that fit …
By Joseph Guinto
They say you can’t put a price on human life. But if you could, the price for Gregg Baumbaugh would be $397.42 per day, or $145,058 …
By Turna Ray
It was 2004 when a chest X-ray revealed an ominous shadow in Greg Vrettos’ lung. His doctors in Burlington, Vermont, couldn’t figure out what it …
By Ide Mills
I have advanced, ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer with disease in my lungs, lymph nodes, and bones. Luckily, there’s a pill for that. You would think that …
By Audrey Carson
Liquid biopsies, or blood tests that identify the genetic makeup of cancerous tumors, could soon help guide patients to personalized treatment options faster. The tests …
By Lena Huang
Precision medicine was a main focus at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) annual meeting, themed “Collective Wisdom: The Future of Patient-Centered Care and …
By John Lugo
Researchers at the U.K.'s University of Bradford say they have developed a test that can diagnose cancer with a simple blood draw. In a recent study that looked …
By Rhonda Reinhart
A North Carolina town gives its DNA to science: This Pacific Standard story tells the tale of Kannapolis, North Carolina. The former mill town is now …
Scientists from several research centers, including the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, have discovered mutations in a cancer-causing pathway in …
A new study by Foundation Medicine shows there are genomic alterations in the adolescent and young adult population that are different from those in the …
