Worth a Closer Look: April 2019

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As I was selecting the articles related to proteomics and disease, I kept a running list of those that piqued my interest. These range in topic and are not all related to proteomics. Most are related to medicine or human disease. Hopefully, I will have time to take a closer look at them all and … Read more

A Closer Look: 10 March 2019

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A list of articles classified by Nancy R. Gough as good, valuable contributions or not so valuable contributions to the scientific literature.

Challenges from Improvements in Cancer Screening

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The latest advances in detecting cancers through a blood test (a type of liquid biopsy) are exciting. After I read the blog posts by the NIH Director Francis Collins and by Derek Lowe, I started wondering where all this screening will lead. Whereas Collins emphasizes the encouraging aspects of the latest liquid biopsy results, Lowe … Read more