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Cervical cancer – use the cancer screening

Because the month January is „Cervical cancer awareness month“, this blog post is about this type of cancer. Every woman should think about it because it’s a cancer with good chances of healing when it’s

Biomarkers – important for personalized medicine

Biomarkers are an important part of personalized medicine. That’s why the firtst blog post this year concerns with the enormous importance of these markers. What is a biomarker? According to the National Institutes of Health,

Pharmacogenetics

The last articel this year is about pharmacogenetics and answers, among other things, the question of why some medications don’t have an effect on certain people.     Pharmacogenetics – Defintion Pharmacogenetics is a relatively

Mucoviscidosis – cystic fibrosis

The name mucoviscidosis, also called cystic fibrosis, comes from the Latin and means as much as sticky mucus. It‘s an autosomal recessive trait in which a mutation in the CFTR gene in gladular cells causes

CRISPR/Cas in HIV therapy

The blog post this week is about CRISPR/Cas and because of the World-AIDS-Day last Saturday it is also about first successes in HIV treatment with this genome editing tool and about a message that has

World-AIDS-Day

Because of the World-AIDS-Day today, there is a new post about HIV and AIDS in general, the major breakthrough in HIV therapy and a first success in personalized medicine.     HIV infection and AIDS

Personalized Medicine – an introduction

Today’s blog post discusses the reasons why personalized medicine is important especially in regard to cancer therapy. The aim The aim of personalized medicine is to transform the traditional „one-fits-all“ model into targeted therapies.1 With

Sequencing – a real bargain

Due to the Black Friday Week, there is another blog post. This time it’s about the craziest offer this week – sequencing at a great price – and why it’s still important – also in

Stomach carcinoma – a relatively rare cancer

There is a new blog post because of the german day of the stomach last week. This time, it’s about gastric cancer and a first partial success in the personalized treatment.   The stomach The stomach