Huellas: Making Strides for Breast Cancer Awareness

Women making strides in big pharma.

AS FEMALE SCIENTISTS IN LEADERSHIP POSItions at a large pharmaceutical company, we disagree with the conclusion that “It’s still a man’s world at the top of big pharma research” (J. Mervis, Special Section on Drug Discovery, News, 29 July, p. 724). There are numerous examples suggesting that this notion is more than a bit outdated. Of additional concern is the superficial analysis that led to t...

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Making great strides in medical laboratory quality

Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer Treatment

Breast cancer, as a heterogeneous disease, includes a wide range of pathological and clinical behaviors. Current treatment protocols, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and hormone replacement therapy, are mainly associated with poor response and high rate of recurrence. Therefore, more efforts are needed to develop alternative therapies for this type of cancer. Immunotherapy, as a novel str...

Making strides toward active living: the policy research perspective.

Physical activity has been promoted to improve health for decades. A summary of the health benefits and physical activity recommendations gained national support in the 1996 landmark publication of the Surgeon General’s Report on Physical Activity and Health. Specific physical activity recommendations have evolved from vigorous exercise for cardiovascular fitness to an accumulation of moderatel...