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Published on May 6, 2014
Like travelers who roam curious lands, oncologists who delve into tumor genetics may find themselves in need of local guides, experts who will put them on the right path. As far as oncologists are concerned, the right path is the one that leads to an effective therapy, but in difficult-to-treat…
Published on April 17, 2014
The name of one thing or another, in isolation, may seem arbitrary, as poets and artists have suggested from time to time. Scientists, however, have a different perspective. They cannot accept, as a painter once declared, that the “precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.” For scientists,…
Published on April 16, 2014
It is not a question of if molecular profiling—the gamut of omics technologies—will enter the clinic, or even when. Clinical omics is happening now. And so, questions about clinical omics are taking a more practical turn, particularly for those who have a professional interest in overseeing, or at least accommodating,…
Published on April 11, 2014
Development of better, cheaper, and more clinically relevant genomic analysis continues apace, but what about the proteome? If anything, the proteome—the full set of expressed proteins—would tell us more about wellness and ill health than the genome. True, genes constitute the foundation of life’s chemical hierarchy, but proteins (to mix…