You may be familiar with 23andMe and other at-home genetic test services, which can trace ancestry to a specific group of people that lived over 1,000 years ago, build out your family tree and connect you to distant relatives. But what many don’t know is that the services can also provide a report on the types […]
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Targeted drug could slow progression of ovarian cancer in women with faulty BRCA gene
A drug could help slow the progression of some advanced ovarian cancers and extend the time that patients show no signs of disease, according to new clinical trial results. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that the drug olaparib (Lynparza) could delay the return of advanced ovarian cancer in some […]