jkirshner

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   by jkirshner 11y ago

   American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), American Cancer Society (ACS), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) are good sources for reliable information on cancer. There are many sites that talk about cancer, but if you want informatio
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   by jkirshner 11y ago

   Thanks for the suggestion, we will add the links to the NIH repository for the papers that are available. Regarding automation, the Raman spectroscopy studies was done in collaboration with a colleague at Purdue University, so at the moment
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   by jkirshner 11y ago

   Yes, absolutely. Our platform provides physiologically relevant 3D environment that recapitulates the native conditions seen in human tissues. Moreover, unlike the models with immortalized cells lines, which for many cancers are not represe
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   by jkirshner 11y ago

   The short answer is, ideally yes, but not completely. The animal models of cancer are poor at predicting how the drug will work in a human, but where they have value is in evaluation of drug safety. So, we envision that the toxicity studies
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   by jkirshner 11y ago

   Thanks! I asked TechCrunch to fix the company name.
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   by jkirshner 11y ago

   Our platform is a cell-based laboratory tool where we reconstruct the environment of human organs in a dish. When cells are placed in these physiological conditions, they behave the way they would behave in the human body (unlike the conven
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   by jkirshner 11y ago

   Hey everyone, Please let us know if we can answer any questions about what we do, the current state of cancer treatment, or anything about cancer, in general. Julia (CEO, Ixchel Scientific; www.ixchelsci.com)