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Women's Digital Imaging of Ridgewood (WDI), has begun using Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA), a technology developed to screen for osteoporosis (bone loss), to measure body fat in patients who want a more accurate method of establishing goals and measuring results for weight management and fitness programs. More...

I wonder if a 3D cell cluster simulates systemic "transport" issues in getting drug from IV to target. I know there is a researcher named Cristini who has spent years on computer modeling in this regard.

Good questions Rich. There is a headlong rush to develop tests to identify molecular predisposing mechanisms, whose presence still does not guarantee that a drug will be effective for an individual patient. Nor can they, for any patient or even large group of patients, discriminate the potential for clinical activity among different agents of the same class. The challenge is to identify which patients targeted treatment will be most effective....

I see we share a accepted interest! Accomplished job on the website!

Excellent article with lots of interesting insights. The idea that surrounding tissue and cellular environment has an effect makes total sense to me. I for one believe that my cancer may have developed as a result of something happening in my milk ducts during the extensive breastfeeding period I had - the DCIS cells jumping out of the milk ducts that the article talked about. Or as a result of the 10+ years of birth control pills that could...