Cancer cell – Insight Sciences

The cancer social network

May 21, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

New algorithm maps cancer cells like nodes on a social network
Derrick Harris, gigaom.com

Often times, the best way to to get a sense of your data is to look at it. A bunch of of numbers or words might not mean anything sitting within a table, but they start to make a lot more sense when they’re turned into a chart. In fields like…

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New algorithm maps cancer cells like nodes on a social network [GigaOM] (gigaom.com)
Computer algorithms help find cancer connections (eurekalert.org)

Evolutionary medicine: why human touch remains the best medicine

December 19, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Squeeze returns breast cancer cells to normal
Sarah Yang-Berkeley, futurity.org

UC BERKELEY (US) — Mechanical forces alone can revert and stop the out-of-control growth of cancer cells, research shows for the first time.This change happens even though the genetic mutations responsible for malignancy remain, setting up …

Squeeze returns breast cancer cells to normal http://flip.it/QCCwJ http://flip.it/NPgXB

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One Drug to Shrink All Tumors (wakinguphumanity.wordpress.com)
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Genetic profile predicts post-chemo cancer survival (cnn.com)