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Insights into Precision Dosing with Dr. Howard McLeod and Dr. Sharmeen Roy – Xtalks Life Science Podcast Ep. 163

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It leverages various patient-specific factors, including genetics, age, weight, organ function and even lifestyle, to determine the most appropriate dosage for each individual. Her career spans pediatric clinical pharmacy, clinical research and pharmacogenomics with leadership roles at University of Chicago Medical Center and PipelineRx.

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Clinical Scientist Jobs: The Steps to Succeed in This Role

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Doctors and physicians rely on the results provided by a clinical scientist to make an accurate prognosis, diagnosis and assessment for a patient’s treatment plan. What is it Like to Work as a Clinical Scientist? A clinical scientist is often synonymous with: Clinical Research / Clinical Laboratory Scientist.

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How Personalized Treatments Save Lives: Mo’s Story of Beating Cancer

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Today on the FindMeCure blog we want to share with you the story of Mo Haque who beat cancer thanks to his perseverance, the support of a caring community, and the innovative research going on in cancer treatment. So when the doctor said I had stage 4 bowel cancer, with a small chance of success, I began breaking up inside.

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The NIH on accelerating research using diverse biomedical datasets

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NIH’s All of Us is building an extensive, diverse biomedical dataset to learn how biology, lifestyle, and environment affect one’s health, and to accelerate research and improve personalised medicine options. The datasets accelerate research primarily by acting as a resource to researchers, Mendoza says.

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Who are the AACR Scientific Achievement Award winners?

Drug Discovery World

Carl H June, MD, FAACR – Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research June, a Fellow of the AACR Academy, is the Richard W Vague Professor in Immunotherapy, Director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, and Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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STAT+: Foundation charges cancer patients $83,000 for unproven but promising experimental drug

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Still, when doctors told her last year that the cancer was growing despite two operations, radiation therapy, and a fifth regimen of chemotherapy, the retired business-meeting facilitator decided to do something unorthodox: spend $83,000 out of pocket on an unproven experimental cancer vaccine.

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Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trials: Insights from PanCAN’s Senior Director

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Research is ongoing to find better ways to diagnose and treat pancreatic cancer. Advances in precision medicine and immunotherapy offer new hope for targeted treatments. PanCAN’s Clinical Trial Finder provides a tailored list of clinical trial matches for patients based on their diagnosis and treatment history.