On October 7, 2020, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for their discovery of CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors, an innovative technology for genome editing. This technology makes it possible to change the code of life over the course of just a few […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted the diagnosis and care of patients with cancer in 2020. The long-term consequences of this disruption remain to be seen, but it is anticipated that delays in screening and cancer care may result in a setback in the number of patients diagnosed and successfully treated. During the spring, when […]

Widespread implementation of screening mammography has enabled earlier detection of breast cancer and subsequently improved outcomes. However, there are limitations to current processes, as global access to screening mammography is constrained by availability of specialized radiologists and the potential for variation in performance among human readers. To address these restrictions, artificial intelligence (AI) computer-aided detection […]

The global pandemic has caused seismic changes in the medical and pharma industry. In recent years, the industry has begun a gradual shift toward virtual connections; COVID accelerated these trends, canceling swaths of conferences and conventions. This shift is likely to become permanent in some regions. Attendees and hosts have discovered that virtual tools have […]