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New method for detecting oral cancer

Ninety percent of head and neck cancer cases are due to squamous cell carcinoma -- a cancer of the epithelial cells. Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) affects 270,000 people worldwide every year, and may present as tumors on the tongue or gingiva (gums).…

April 5, 2012Unsorted2 min read

Supreme Court

Prometheus Patent Overturned in Supreme Court Personalized Medicine Now More Publicly Available

After two laps through the federal court system, Prometheus has at last received its final verdict from the US Supreme Court: this patent claiming administration of a therapeutic drug and observation of its metabolite levels is invalid for being based on…

March 28, 2012Supreme Court2 min read