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alged
Master Cruncher FRANCE Joined: Jun 12, 2009 Post Count: 2369 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Adding computer research ag cancer in Normay
----------------------------------------Supercomputing enables researchers in Norway to tackle cancer from http://www.isgtw.org the article says: ""The analyses are so demanding that the researchers must use the University of Oslo's Abel supercomputer, which has a theoretical peak performance of over 250 teraFLOPS."" is it beyond WCG can do? interesting to read anyway cheers  |
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Alged : Right now the WCG is averaging around 450 TFLOPS, so no, the WCG is more powerful then that supercomputer, however they are two completely different beasts!
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Master Cruncher FRANCE Joined: Jun 12, 2009 Post Count: 2369 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Two new ways ag cancer
----------------------------------------OUEST-FRANCE newspaper is reporting: Anti leukemia cure, hope for pancreatic cancer here In fact the Ibrutinib molecule help chimiotherapy to enter pancreatic cancer cells. New electronic diagnostic: This potential new diagnostic tool will detect cancers and pre-cancers of the stomach, by analyzing changes in the breath of patients.here |
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Jim Slade
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Aspirin may reduce risk of some forms of cancer
Taking aspirin regularly over several years may help prevent gastrointestinal cancers, a new Harvard School of Public Health study suggests said Yin Cao, a postdoctoral research fellow. But Cao doesn't think people should start taking aspirin to prevent cancer until more research is done with data and conclusions published in a peer-reviewed journal. They should contact their physicians. Cao and her colleagues collected data on 82,600 women enrolled in the Nurses' Health Study in 1980 and 47,650 men enrolled in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study in 1986. The researchers collected data on aspirin use, risk factors for cancer and diagnoses of cancer. After up to 32 years of follow-up, about 20,400 women and 7,570 men developed cancer, the investigators found. Among men, prostate cancer was excluded. Regular aspirin use was not associated with a reduced risk of other cancers. Specifically, no link was found between aspirin use and a lower risk of breast cancer, advanced prostate cancer or lung cancer, the researchers said. Getting the biggest benefit from aspirin required taking it for at least 16 years. The benefit was no longer seen within four years of stopping it, the researchers found. And the study only showed an association between aspirin use and gastrointestinal cancer risk, not a cause-and-effect relationship. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/aspirin-may-reduce-risk-of-some-forms-of-cancer/  |
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From Science Springs:
----------------------------------------April 26, 2015 From livescience: “Melanoma Tumor ‘Dissolves’ After 1 Dose of New Drug Combo "A large melanoma tumor on a woman’s chest disappeared so quickly that it left a gaping hole in its place after she received a new treatment containing two melanoma drugs, a new case report finds." article with photos.Awesome ! |
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l_mckeon
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The medications are also pricey. Ipilimumab costs $120,000 for four treatments, and nivolumab is priced at $12,500 a month, the Wall Street Journal reported. Good that it worked, but ouch! I wonder what the drugs actually cost to make? |
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How IBM Watson will impact our fight against cancer
At the inaugural World of Watson event in New York Tuesday, IBM announced a new Watson initiative that will utilize the computing capabilities of Watson to make it easier and faster to fight cancer. http://wapo.st/1cm0RGd |
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Roswell Park Cancer Institute [in a way referring to aliens, given it's collaboration with Cuba], is participating in testing a lung cancer vaccine on the Caribbean isle. http://www.medicaldaily.com/roswell-park-canc...ung-cancer-vaccine-330508
(See a courtcase coming in the US and elsewhere by Philip Morris and the tobacco industry against 'smoking kills' sticker requirements). They're going to give the fix with every carton bought.  ) |
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l_mckeon
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Sekerob, Australia has gone a long way beyond "smoking kills" stickers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_tobacco_packaging Wikipedia calls it drab brown coloring, but there's a definite icky green tinge to the color as well. The tobacco companies hate it. :-) http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&...&ust=1431563538273476 |
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Staci's Choice: A Pioneer in Preventing Cancer
Eighteen years ago, Staci Mishkin was one of the very first women to take a genetic test for the newly identified BRCA gene mutation that is linked to breast cancer. She joined a clinical trial because her mother, grandmother, and both of her aunts died of breast cancer. Doreen Gentzler has her story. http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/Four...-BRCA-Gene-303318441.html |
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