Posts Tagged ‘Genetics’

Update: The Microbiome and Breast Cancer

Posted on: May 26th, 2023 by admin No Comments

It was almost seven years ago that we published a blog about the role of the gut microbiome in breast cancer (© […]

Mother and Son … and AI

Posted on: March 10th, 2023 by admin 1 Comment

When he was growing up in Budapest, Hungary, Peter Kecskemethy would spend time at one of the city’s largest hospitals […]

Perceptions of Breast Cancer Risks

Posted on: March 3rd, 2023 by admin 2 Comments

As we have previously reported, “dense breasts” refers to breasts that are composed of a greater proportion of fibrous and glandular […]

An Extraordinary Biographer

Posted on: December 30th, 2022 by admin

Eleven years ago, I wrote a blog, “In pursuit of the perfect design,” which was in fact a book review. The […]

Stanford’s Leader Under Scrutiny

Posted on: December 9th, 2022 by admin

An important tenet of the scientific enterprise is that research published in the peer-reviewed literature is based on integrity and […]

Leap Forward with CRISPR

Posted on: November 18th, 2022 by admin

Two years ago, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for “the development of a method […]

Turning Discovery into Health

Posted on: December 17th, 2021 by admin

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has its origins in a one-room laboratory in New York City in 1887 and […]

Laugh First, and Then Think

Posted on: September 17th, 2021 by admin 1 Comment

In a few weeks’ time, we learn who will be awarded the Nobel Prizes for 2021. As we have previously […]

DCIS in Review

Posted on: April 16th, 2021 by admin

Over the past eight years, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) has been the focus of numerous blogs, including “To treat […]

Yesterday was a BIG Day

Posted on: February 5th, 2021 by admin

For over 20 years, the 4th day in February has been recognised as World Cancer Day, an initiative of the Union for […]