POSTS TAGGED AS colon cancer

Organoid Model of Pancreatic Cancer

Potential pancreatic cancer treatment iIdentified using organoid model
“Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine say they have identified a new potential pancreatic [MORE]

AI Automatically Identifies Polyps during Colonoscopies

AI detects polyps during colonoscopy
Instead of “self-driving” cars from artificial intelligence and computer vision, think self-driving colonoscopy. The CEO of [MORE]

Generating Intestinal Organoids

Lab-Developed Intestinal Organoids
Intestinal tissue is so complex that it may be second only to the brain when it comes to [MORE]

Cologuard Test for Colon Cancer

Cologuard
Exact Sciences, Inc. (Madison, WS) has developed a DNA fecal test for detecting stage I-III cancers that is considerable more [MORE]

Colon Capsule Endoscopy: Automated Image Scanning

Polyp Detection
Colonoscopies with an endoscope certainly are invasive and expensive.  But camera pills offer an alternative which as least [MORE]

Urine-Gas Test for Gastroesophageal Biomarkers

Infrared Spectroscopy
Using sealed specimen cups and mass spectroscopy, researchers at Imperial College London were able to detect gastroesophageal cancer [MORE]

Genomics Coaching, Colon Cancer

A rap against consumer genomics has been the lack of interpreting authority-e.g. what does a 30% increase in risk [MORE]

Gastrofish for Colon Cancer

Gastrocor, Inc. (Glen Allen, VA) has developed the first tissue-based fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) diagnostic test for chromosome abnormalities [MORE]

Methylome: Another “ome” to the Rescue

Healthy and cancerous colon tissue Image Credit: OncoMethylome Sciences and Technology Review
In the end, all cancers have protein features, which [MORE]