Tag: Early Detection

  • Nation & World

    Speaking from experience on what makes a global killer

    COVID-19 isn’t going away, but one day may be as severe as the common cold, says epidemiologist Larry Brilliant.

    7 minutes
    Larry Brilliant.
  • Nation & World

    Cancer clues in a drop of blood

    A new study provides proof-of-concept for the ability of a drop of blood to reveal lung cancer in asymptomatic patients.

    4 minutes
    Lungs illustration.
  • Nation & World

    A gathering to battle cancer

    Amid projections that global cancer rates will skyrocket, researchers from around the country gathered at Harvard Monday to share their latest findings and to launch a center whose aim is to boost cancer early detection and prevention.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    New hope for the cure

    For the 20 percent of patients with so-called triple-negative breast cancer, the outcome is bleak. Now, however, researchers from Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Baylor College of Medicine have identified a critical molecular component to the disease, one that suggests potential therapies involving combinations of FDA-approved, readily available drugs.

    4 minutes