- Three studies, from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Texas, verify that cancer stem cells drive tumor growth.
- Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill which requires doctors to inform women who have dense breast tissue that could interfere with a mammogram’s ability to detect cancer.
- Dr. Getz, Director of Cancer Genome Computational Analysis at MIT and Harvard, discusses the technologies that have made cancer genome analysis possible.
- Dr. Walter Willett, Chair of Nutrition at Harvard, talks about diet and cancer prevention.
Open Sharing Of Grant Proposals: Risky or Worthwhile?
It seems there is growing interest among grant funded scientists to openly share their grant proposals for others in the field to see. This may seem to go against the common practice of keeping such information secret until the results of one’s work are published, but Ethan White of Jabberwocky Ecology gives some compelling reasons why sharing can be much more beneficial.
Resource Highlights: PubMed Central Enhancements
PubMed Central (PMC) has cleaned up nicely with its most recent redesign to conform to the National Center for Biotechnology Information‘s (NCBI) new Web page design standards. Continue reading