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Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that results from the body’s overwhelming response to infection and affects millions of patients. In the U.S., over 200,000 people die each year, accounting for more deaths than prostate cancer, breast cancer and AIDS combined. ...
By410 Medical based in Durham, NORTH CAROLINA (USA)
Prostate cancer is the fourth most common cancer diagnosis in worldwide, with 1 300 000 new cases and 360 000 deaths in 2018 (Globocan 2018). At the initial diagnosis the disease, more than 60% of cases are diagnosed as localized prostate cancer. Localized prostate cancer can be asymptomatic at the early stage and often has an indolent course that may require only active surveillance. Indolent or aggressive, to treat or not to treat this cancer? This is always the question urologists ask themselves. ...
ByOncoDiag based in Miserey, FRANCE
The prostate is a gland in the male reproductive system. About the size of a ping-pong ball, it is located just below the bladder and in front of the rectum. The gland surrounds the urethra, the tube that carries urine and semen through the penis. It contains several small glands, whose main purpose is to produce the milky white part of semen. This super fluid acts as a vehicle protecting your sperm during the big ...
ByFocal Healthcare based in Toronto, ONTARIO (CANADA)
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. More Americans die each year from lung cancer than from prostate, breast and colon cancers ...
ByAuris Health, Inc. based in Redwood City, CALIFORNIA (USA)
Standard Biopsy Limitations Traditionally, men suspected of prostate cancer undergo systematic biopsies guided by ultrasound imaging. Because ultrasound offers poor cancer visualization, 12 random samples are taken without knowing if there is cancer and if so, where it is. As a result, the cancer is either missed entirely, or if detected, is difficult to determine the extent and severity. This leads to under treatment of men with serious disease and overtreatment of men with indolent disease.4 ...
ByFocal Healthcare based in Toronto, ONTARIO (CANADA)
In many therapeutic areas, current treatments involve significant side effects. Combining drug compounds with affinity agents that target specific cell surface receptors can dramatically reduce off-target effects and improve treatment effectiveness. In several studies, aptamer-mediated drug delivery has reduced toxicity and improved drug performance. ...
ByBase Pair Biotechnologies, Inc. based in Pearland, TEXAS (USA)
One of the principal uses of medical isotopes is for diagnostic imaging procedures in the human body. Radioactive isotopes such as technetium-99m (Tc-99m), a daughter isotope of Mo-99, are light-producing elements used in nuclear medicine imaging. When introduced into the patient’s body for medical diagnostic procedures, these radioisotopes help doctors examine how their patients’ various tissues and internal organs are functioning. Some examples of diagnostic nuclear medicine include imaging coronary ...
ByShine Technologies based in Janesville, WISCONSIN (USA)