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Ryon Graf
May 15, 2013
Why Gene Patents Matter for Personalized Medicine
15 May 2013 This past year I’ve intently followed developments in personalized medicine, especially cancer, as technological advances in...
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Ryon Graf
Apr 22, 2013
An anti-diabetic drug to fight cancer? Metformin use associated with greater survival in Ovarian Ca
22 April 2013 Today I came across a very interesting case-control study by Kumar et al. on the effects of metformin on the outcomes of...
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Ryon Graf
Apr 7, 2013
Enlightenment From Suffering? Walking In The Shadow of Cancer
7 April 2013 Good morning, dear readers. I was in lab sipping coffee and updating notebooks this calm Sunday morning when I stumbled...
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Ryon Graf
Apr 2, 2013
The future: will tumor genomic profiling make current diagnosis obsolete?
2 April 2013 What happens when it’s impossible to tell where the cancer came from? This morning I attended a great discussion at a...
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Ryon Graf
Feb 22, 2013
Crippling disease or crippling debt?
22 February 2013 A new generation of anti-caner therapies are truly marvels of science and engineering, with a hefty price tag. As...
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Ryon Graf
Feb 21, 2013
Cancer for Dummies is two years old!
21 February 2013 My Cancer for Dummies blog turned two years old. How time flies! Cancer for Dummies started as an experiment in science...
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Ryon Graf
Feb 15, 2013
The mind DOES matter: psychology affects cancer patient outcomes
15 February 2013 Original Research Commentary It’s been anecdotally said that when it comes to fighting cancer, attitude affects outcome....
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Ryon Graf
Feb 7, 2013
Mitigating the small risks: Jared Diamond on Cancer
8 February 2013 Ok ok, So Jared Diamond did not produce a book about cancer (though I think it would most certainly be interesting). But...
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Ryon Graf
Feb 5, 2013
A seldom-mentioned caveat biasing a great deal of cancer research? Tumor heterogeneity in mouse mode
5 February 2013 I’ve been writing often on the topic of tumor heterogeneity as of late, and today I became curious about the level of...
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Ryon Graf
Jan 27, 2013
Is the cancer stem cell model obsolete?
28 January 2013 It is widely accepted (appreciated?) that tumors are tantalizingly heterogeneous; they are not just a ball of cancer...
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