In 2015 the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) ordered companies responsible for 1600+ new drug applications in China to conduct a “self-examination on the authenticity, integrity and...
The theme for this year’s World Cancer Day highlights the part we can all play in the fight against cancer. “We can. I can.” is a call to action for individuals and groups to contribute what they...
Researchers, healthcare providers, patients, families and friends join together on World Cancer Day to reaffirm our commitment to a unified fight against a disease that affects billions of people...
Diabetes is fast becoming a global healthcare epidemic. The number of people with diabetes rose from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014, with related deaths projected to rise by more than 50...
The 2014 Ebola crisis unfolded like a Hollywood movie, with gruesome deaths, tragic stories, and global panic about its potential spread. Ebola had never spread so far or fast in the known history of...
Despite the fact that tuberculosis (TB) has been curable, it has become a global epidemic that impacts more people every year than HIV/AIDS. The millions of TB patients worldwide suffer from...
Advances in precision medicine have led to a shift in paradigm for oncology research, from targeted therapies that rely largely on tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) to personalized therapy that can...
On February 4, we commemorated World Cancer Day, a day when researchers, physicians, patients and other interested groups acknowledge all the hard work being done to fight this global disease. This...
Author: Kathleen Gray, PhDThis is an exciting time to be working in the field of cancer research. Throughout the last few years, amazing strides have been made toward the ultimate goal: to turn...
Authors: Victor Weigman, Ph.D. & Patrice Hugo, Ph.D.With advancements in clinical informatics and genomics, there has been a paradigm shift from “one drug fits all” toward precision medicine – taking...