Molecular clocks’ role in breast cancer tumor growth
Just as no two people possess the same genetic makeup, a recent study has shown that no two single tumor cells in breast cancer patients have an identical genome.
In fact, depending on the tumor cell, they grow at dramatically different speeds, according to a study led by Nicholas Navin, Ph.D., assistant professor in Genetics at MD Anderson Cancer Center. The study findings may have important implications...
Hepatitis C expected to be rare by 2036
Effective new drugs and screening would make hepatitis C a rare disease by 2036, according to a computer simulation conducted by MD Anderson...
MD Anderson hosts country’s top research trainees
Seven postdoctoral research fellows who represent some of the country’s best cancer research trainees visited MD Anderson in June to participate...
Harnessing big data in the war on cancer
How can technological innovation help end cancer?
That's the question IBM and MD Anderson Cancer Center recently posed when they teamed up to share with Congress the promise of the Oncology Expert Advisor powered by IBM Watson (OEA™).
The event gave legislators an idea of what it will take to harness the tremendous potential of big data in the fight against cancer. When fully developed, patients and physicians alike will...
Taking a united stand against tobacco
More than 50 years after the first Surgeon General’s report on smoking definitively linked cigarettes and lung cancer, the world remains plagued...