Wed.Feb 05, 2020

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Informed patients: evolving healthcare, clinical trials and medical information

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Overview Patients are more informed than ever about their conditions and what is available for them to improve their quality of life. The healthcare sector is increasingly focused on understanding patient needs and engaging them in the clinical development and medical information process. Therefore, it is paramount to create patient-focused educational content using a range of communication channels and digital tools.

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Cancer-Causing Culprits Will Be Caught By Their DNA Fingerprints

Drug Discovery Today

Causes of cancer are being catalogued by a huge international study revealing the genetic fingerprints of DNA-damaging processes that drive cancer development. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and their collaborators around the world have achieved the most detailed list of these genetic fingerprints to date, providing clues as to how each cancer develop

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