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Researchers develop technology for printed personalised medicine
Researchers from the National University of Singapore have found a way to make personalised medicine cheaper and easier.
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Personalised peptide vaccine increased bladder cancer survival in study
18 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The median overall survival for patients assigned personalised peptide vaccine and best-supportive care was almost twice as long as that for patients assigned best-supportive care...
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Cyber security in pharmaceuticals
22 October 2015 | By Caroline Rivett and Dr Cornelius Namiluko at KPMG
Dr Cornelius Namiluko and Caroline Rivett discuss cyber security in the pharmaceutical industry and the approaches companies can take to address the risk of a cyber attack...
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Biomarkers for cancer treatment
22 October 2013 | By Amancio Carnero, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
There is an urgent need to predict which treatment will report the most benefit to a patient with cancer. To that end, scientists are exploring any possible biomolecule in the organism that can mark each individual for its adequate treatment. If achieved, it will open a personalised medicine era.
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The role of proteomics in the development of personalised cancer medicine
18 April 2013 | By Pedro R. Cutillas, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London
Not all cancer patients, even those with the same tumour type, respond to therapy equally well. An understanding of this heterogeneity at the molecular level is crucial for further advances in the development of cancer therapies. Discerning the mechanisms of cancer heterogeneity will lead to a better selection of the…
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Can personalised medicine save the pharma sector?
17 March 2011 | By GDS International
Personalised medicine is making a comeback – but will it stick this time?...
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PCR and personalised cancer medicine
16 December 2010 | By Frank McCaughan, MRC Career Development Fellow, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
The delivery of personalised medicine is a key goal of modern cancer medicine and refers to the tailoring of anticancer therapy to the molecular characteristics of an individual tumour. To facilitate personalised medicine, it is important to have robust and reproducible means of gaining molecular information about a patient’s cancer…
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Personalised medicine: are we ready for the revolution?
19 March 2008 | By
The impact of biomarker technology and biomarker strategies in pharmaceutical development is still in its infancy; but the impact is already proving significant. Biomarker strategy forms the basis for personalised medicine, the industry/regulatory focus centres on improving the success rate and reducing the high attrition rate often encountered in early…
