Still Waters Posted February 23, 2018 #1 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Scientists have successfully grown mini versions of patients' tumours in a lab - and then tested them against dozens of drugs to find the best possible treatment. The technique could mean patients get effective chemotherapy sooner - and are spared unnecessary side effects from drugs that do not work. Scientists have hailed the uniquely personalised treatment as "extremely promising". https://news.sky.com/story/mini-tumours-grown-in-lab-are-breakthrough-for-medicine-tests-11262358 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted February 23, 2018 #2 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Awesome! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted February 23, 2018 #3 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Interesting pieces on the personalizing of chemo to the individual genome of the patient. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/footnote/tailoring-treatment-one-c_b_8334244.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4251363/ http://genomemag.com/what-is-personalized-medicine/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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