Harvard and Merck Team to Find Immuno-Oncology Targets »
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MIT Professor Leverages Machine Learning to Find Promising Cancer Treatments »
Dr. Dimitris Bertsimas, professor of operational research at MIT has devised a machine-learning model to help advise patients and doctors about the relative benefits of various combinational chemotherapy treatments, and help researchers predict the toxicity and survivability of new combinations of drugs that have previously not been tried together.
A New Weapon in the Battle Against Cancer »
A new Cambridge-based company hopes to leverage the body's inter-cellular deliver system for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
To Cure Cancer, Targeted Therapies Best Future Bet »
“Cancer medicine does not ask us to do precision medicine as a side note; cancer medicine ask us to do precision medicine as a basis,” said Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, at the opening keynote of the Boston Children’s Hospital Global Pediatric Innovation Summit on Monday.
Diagnostic Tool Captures Cancer With iPhone Camera »
Smartphones already help manage chronic pain, facilitate meditation and even prescribe corrective lenses. But what if they could be used to diagnose cancer as well?