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Cures vs. profits : successes in translational research / James Lyons-Weiler, Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge, USA.

By: Lyons-Weiler, James [author.].
Publisher: New Jersey : World Scientific, ©2016Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789814730136.Subject(s): Medicine -- Research -- History | Medicine -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects | Medical innovations -- History | HEALTH & FITNESS / Holism | HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference | MEDICAL / Alternative Medicine | MEDICAL / Atlases | MEDICAL / Essays | MEDICAL / Family & General Practice | MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine | MEDICAL / Osteopathy | Medical innovations | Medicine -- Research | Medicine -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspectsGenre/Form: Print books. | History. | Electronic books.
Contents:
Abuses in medicine -- Outrageous acts of pseudoscience -- Wait, grapefruit is bad for you? -- Hormone receptor status and breast cancer treatment -- Fecal microbiota transplantation -- Overdiagnosis of ADHD: it's their mind, not yours -- Vaccination programs: eradication of infectious diseases -- Chemosensitivity and chemoresistance assays in cancer -- A very special kind of brain cancer surgery -- Genomics and personalized medicine -- Robot-guided surgery -- Hallmarks and principles of translational research success -- Future medicine 1: early detection and cures for Alzheimer's disease -- Future medicine 2: cancer vaccines -- The future of translational research.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Abuses in medicine -- Outrageous acts of pseudoscience -- Wait, grapefruit is bad for you? -- Hormone receptor status and breast cancer treatment -- Fecal microbiota transplantation -- Overdiagnosis of ADHD: it's their mind, not yours -- Vaccination programs: eradication of infectious diseases -- Chemosensitivity and chemoresistance assays in cancer -- A very special kind of brain cancer surgery -- Genomics and personalized medicine -- Robot-guided surgery -- Hallmarks and principles of translational research success -- Future medicine 1: early detection and cures for Alzheimer's disease -- Future medicine 2: cancer vaccines -- The future of translational research.

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