Frank Whittemore on February 28th, 2011

FutureMed at Singularity University focuses on disruptive, game-changing exponential technologies which will revolutionize the practice of medicine and radically transform healthcare and the biomedical industry in the decade ahead… Click here to view their website. Click here for more information on the future of medicine.

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Frank Whittemore on February 27th, 2011

Measuring changes over time leads to unnecessary biopsies… Click here to read the Bloomberg Businessweek report. Click here for more information on prostate cancer.

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Frank Whittemore on February 25th, 2011

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Frank Whittemore on February 24th, 2011

A hand-held scanner that can detect cancer at a patient’s bedside using just a speck of tissue has been created by scientists from Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology… Click here to read the entire article. Click here for more information on cancer detection methods.

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Frank Whittemore on February 23rd, 2011

The newborn was selected from 12 embryos to serve as a stem cell donor for his siblings… Click here to view the entire report. You may have to scroll down a bit to see it. Click here for more information about genetic disorders.

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Frank Whittemore on February 21st, 2011

The findings are based on a diet study from the National Institutes of Health and AARP, which included 219,123 men and 168,999 women ages 50 to 71 when the study began. Researchers from the National Cancer Institute examined food surveys completed by the participants in 1995 or 1996. After nine years about 11,000 people died [...]

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Frank Whittemore on February 19th, 2011

Scientists have identified a protein called CD19-ligand (CD19-L) located on the surface of certain white blood cells that… Click here to read the entire report. Click here to learn more about leukemia.

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Frank Whittemore on February 17th, 2011

Whole genome sequencing — spelling out a person’s entire DNA genetic code — has moved one step closer to being a medical option for direct patient care… Click here to access the entire report. Click here for more information on cancer therapy.

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Frank Whittemore on February 15th, 2011

New devices may help bring drugs to market faster… Click here to see the complete article. Click here for more information on biotechnology.

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