Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Researchers move step closer to rapidly detecting resistant tuberculosis, other pathogens

For patients with infectious diseases like tuberculosis, timing is critical. Tuberculosis is one of the most common causes of death from a curable disease, and cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis are on the ...

Medical research created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First volume of the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia made public

The goal of cancer treatment is to match the right drug to the right target in the right patient. But before such "personalized" drugs can be developed, more knowledge is needed about specific genomic alterations in cancers ...

Cancer created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New components of antiviral pathway discovered

Scientists studying how mammals detect microbes have discovered new components in a crucial pathway that allows immune cells to detect viral invaders. Their research not only deepens the understanding of antiviral responses, ...

Medical research created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Convergence in head and neck cancer

Powerful new technologies that zoom in on the connections between human genes and diseases have illuminated the landscape of cancer, singling out changes in tumor DNA that drive the development of certain types of malignancies ...

Cancer created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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