Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia – the shift from FISH to Next Gen sequencing
DNA – You hear it everywhere, but why are scientists so interested in its wonders? Well, DNA is like...
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Restoring heart rate variability by the ‘Bionic’ pacemaker
When the heart is unable to pump enough blood and oxygen to keep the body’s other organs alive, heart...
Clostridioides difficile infection and the microbiome
Clostridioides difficile is an important bacterial pathogen that sickens half a million Americans every year. This infection can be...
NTRK fusion tumors in adult and pediatric patients
Neurotrophic Tyrosine Kinase genes (NTRK1, NTRK2 and NTRK3) encode members of the tyrosine receptor kinase (TRK) protein family: TRKA,...
Alcohol: A direct carcinogen impairing DNA repair
Alcohol causes cancer directly, according to new evidence from a large-scale genetic study led by Oxford Population Health. A...
Avapritinib approved by FDA for use in systemic mastocytosis
On June 16, 2021, the FDA approved a new targeted drug for advanced systemic mastocytosis, a group of rare...
First-line therapy with avelumab in patients with advanced NSCLC is found to have clinical activity
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women (excluding skin cancer). It is the...
Adjuvant therapy with Sutent® extends disease-free survival in high risk renal cell carcinoma patients
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is one of the most common types of kidney cancer. It is diagnosed annually in...