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...
Until recently most flow cytometers were routinely characterized and calibrated using beads that contained surrogate dyes, with standardized quantitative measurements restricted to those few...