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How might very detailed cancer maps inform cancer management and treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Have you heard of ultrasensitive genetic testing for cancer? This method produces a very detailed characterization of someone’s tumor, and William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says it then may be used for subsequent decision …
What is an ultrasensitive DNA test in cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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The genetic makeup of a cancer is quite different than that of the person who has it, and now new efforts to very specifically characterize the cancer are poised to have surveillance and treatment implications. That’s according to Kimmel Cancer …
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Should the complex business of organ transplantation be turned over to a private enterprise? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Obtaining human organs for transplantation is largely managed by UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing, and it’s a not for profit enterprise. Yet Adam Schiavi, a neuro critical care expert at Johns Hopkins, says if current political forces have …
Allowing the market to dictate organ transplantation increases inequity, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Does the organ transplantation system in the US need reform? That’s the agenda of a disgruntled family member whose relative waited years for a transplant, in testimony before Congress, but Adam Schiavi, a neuro critical care expert at Johns Hopkins, …
Would an organ transplant system that is profit driven be acceptable? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing, oversees much of the organ transplantation taking place in the United States, and how it manages this is currently under attack, with some proponents arguing that the system should be replaced by one …