Biomolecular computing: Is it ready to take off?

Ready or not: personal tumor profiling tests take off.

O ne vital goal of cancer research is a test that profiles individual tumors at the molecular level in order to guide treatment. Some single-marker predictive tests are now standard, as are two well-validated genomic prognostic tests for breast cancer. But for most tumors, such personalized tests are still viewed as futuristic. At a recent cancer molecular diagnostics conference, many genomic t...

pharmacoeconomics in iran: it is time to take it into practice

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Is family medicine ready to look where it is heading?

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SBIRT in emergency care settings: are we ready to take it to scale?

This article summarizes a panel discussion on "SBIRT in the emergency care setting: are we ready to take it to scale?" Dr. Edward Bernstein commented on the historical developments of emergency department (ED) screening, brief intervention (BI), and referral to treatment (SBIRT) research, practice, and knowledge translation. Dr. Jack Stein addressed SBIRT grant program progress to date, the rei...

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