oncology

Grail is raising at least $1 billion to fund its early cancer screening test

Posted in Science on 6th Jan, 2017
by Alex Muller

Grail leverages Illuminas gene sequencing tech to potentially spot any kind of cancer in the body before symptoms appear.

Nanodiscs deliver personalized cancer therapy to immune system

Posted in Medicine on 27th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller

Personalized immunotherapy is a fast-growing field of research in the fight against cancer.

Pathway linked to slower aging also fuels brain cancer

Posted in Medicine on 6th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller

There's a lot of buzz about taking NAD+ precursors for their anti-aging effects.

Parker institute working on Cancer Vaccine

Posted in Medicine on 2nd Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller

To defeat cancer, Tech Billionaire Sean Parker is starting $250 million project, which will focus on discovering highly personal tumor tags by using algorithms.

CRISPR gene editing will be used in living humans to counter aggressive lung cancer

Posted in Medicine on 20th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller

It represents the first human trials of the technology with the United States expected to conduct its own cancer fighting trials next year.