The Politics of Breast Cancer: Q&A with Deborah Rhodes
02/02/2015 10:01am | 8603 viewsPosted by: Ben Lillie
In her TEDWomen talk, Deborah Rhodes, a physician and researcher at the Mayo Clinic, describes a new technique for screening women for breast tumors, and how innovation can proceed by tailoring the test to individual characteristics — in the case of Rhodes’ MBI, based on the tissue density — and also about the politics that gets in the way of making those innovations.
No More Needles? 7 Ways Scientists are Attempting to Move Beyond Shots
26/06/2015 09:56am | 6978 viewsKate Torgovnick May looks at inhalable insulin, a diabetes pill, and other initiatives to move beyond the needle and syringe.
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