Janet Davison Rowley, MD, a pioneer in demonstrating that cancer is a genetic disease, will receive the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom the White House announced Thursday. President Barack Obama will award the Medals of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to Rowley and 15 others at a ceremony Wednesday, August 12.
The Medal recognizes “an [...]
Lab is Taking Over:
“Health Care Without the Doctor: How New Devices and Technologies Aid Clinicians and Consumers,” claims advancements in diagnostic, monitoring, and treatment technologies will allow a shift away from physicians toward mid-level clinicians and consumers. Based on the study, a new report released by California HealthCare Foundation, predicts that these innovations will increase the [...]
Human leukemia stem cells escape detection by co-opting a protective molecular badge used by normal blood stem cells to migrate safely within the body, according to a pair of studies by researchers at Stanford University Medical School.
“We call it the ‘Don’t eat me signal,’” said Ravindra Majeti, MD, PhD, assistant professor of hematology at [...]