Featured Worklog
Price Search
PC Apex Sponsor
PC Apex Sponsors
PC Apex RSS Feeds
| |||||||
| Slashdot RSS RSS news feed directly from Slashdot. |
 |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
26-July-07, 05:00 AM
| #1 (permalink) | |
| News Hound  |  Slashdot // Matching Cancers With the Best Chemical Treatments Roland Piquepaille writes "When oncologists meet a new patient affected by a cancer, they have to take decisions about the best possible treatment. Now, U.S. researchers have devised an algorithm which matches tumor profiles to best treatments. They've used a panel of 60 diverse human cancer cell lines from the National Cancer Institute — called NCI-60 — to develop their "coexpression extrapolation (COXEN) system." As said one researcher, "we believe we have found an effective way to personalize cancer therapy." Preliminary results have been encouraging and clinical trials are now planned." Read more of this story at Slashdot. More... | |
|  | |
|
| Bookmarks |
« Slashdot // Seagate to Drop IDE Drives by Year End
|
Slashdot // Second Life Shuts Down Gambling »
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
Linear Mode
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Slashdot // Simple Chemical Trick To Boost Battery Efficiency | Gizmo | Slashdot RSS | 0 | 17-May-07 07:42 AM |
| Slashdot // Simple Chemical Trick to Boost Battery Efficiency | Gizmo | Slashdot RSS | 0 | 17-May-07 01:30 AM |
| Slashdot // 'Virus Sponge' Could Improve Flu Treatments, Diabetes Care, Vaccine Devel | Gizmo | Slashdot RSS | 0 | 13-May-07 11:50 AM |
| Slashdot // Vitamin D Deficiency Behind Many Western Cancers? | Gizmo | Slashdot RSS | 0 | 29-April-07 05:53 AM |
| Slashdot // Colds May Trigger Childhood Cancers | Gizmo | Slashdot RSS | 0 | 13-December-05 05:20 AM |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:17 PM.
Advertisements
