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Gene test promises cancer care gains


Cancer Research UK is to lead a nationwide testing programme designed to tailor each patient's treatment to the genetic nature of the tumour
Source: FT.com - Pharmaceuticals

Cure Cancer and Test Gene

UK tries out new model for gene testing in cancer patients
Biotechnology News

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Britain launched a research program on Monday that should eventually allow all cancer patients to have access to the kind of genetic analysis that led Hollywood star Angelina Jolie to decide to undergo a double mastectomy. The project, involving the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London, the U.S. gene sequencing firm Illumina, geneticists and cancer doctors, aims to find a way to allow more cancer genes be tested in more people. Researchers announcing the 2. ...

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Gene Test & Cancer Cure Health & Special Psychology

Breakthrough device heralds future of cancer detection:

"You don't need to wait until you have any symptoms, you don't need to know which disease you are looking for, you only need 1 milliliter of blood and a relatively simple array of tools," Ref. Source 8

Cure Cancer and Test Gene

The accidental cure for cancer

RESEARCHERS have begun trials of a revolutionary new drug that will turn the battle against cancer on its head. The eureka moment could change modern medicine. Ref. Source 7f

Cure Cancer and Test Gene

If this is truly a cure for cancer then it will be one of the best news since finding a drug to slow the progression of AIDS.

Gene Test & Cancer Cure

A big thinker’s $10M bet to cure cancer

Ralph Whitworth, an activist investor turned activist patient, was told 20 months ago he had four months to live after being diagnosed with cancer. He founded a nonprofit and is betting $10 million a team of researchers will find the cure to cancer. Ref. Source 1d.