Cures Vs. Profits: Successes In Translational Research

by James Lyons-weiler

Overview

Did you ever wonder whether doctors want cures, or just treatments? Did you know ... This book reviews recent key, hard-won successes and findings from recent biomedical research. Written by one of the most ardent defenders of the public trust in science, it provides an accessible, detailed look at successes in translational biomedical and clinical research. The author provides an optimistic, forward-looking view for the possibility of change for the public good, cutting through the controversy and gets to very core of each topic. The public can be optimistic about the future of medicine, but only if they learn the facts of these advances, and learn what their doctors should be expected to know.Highly referenced, and filled with interviews from experts and people directly involved in the research behind the new facts in each chapter, this book is a rich source of information on advances in biomedicine that you will want to share with your family & friends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789814730143
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	06/02/2016
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Preface; 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-Assisted 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;

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Chapter 1 Abuses in Medicine 1

Chapter 2 Outrageous Acts of Pseudoscience 9

Chapter 3 Wait… Grapefruit is Bad for You? 17

Chapter 4 Hormone Receptor Status and Breast Cancer Treatment 37

Chapter 5 Fecal Microbiota Transplantation 55

Chapter 6 Overdiagnosis of ADHD: It's Their Mind, Not Yours 63

Chapter 7 Vaccination Programs: Eradication of Infectious Diseases 123

Chapter 8 Chemosensitivity and Chemoresistance Assays in Cancer 165

Chapter 9 A Very Special Kind of Brain Cancer Surgery 183

Chapter 10 Genomics and Personalized Medicine 187

Chapter 11 Robot-Guided Surgery 221

Chapter 12 Hallmarks and Principles of Translational Research Success 231

Chapter 13 Future Medicine 1: Early Detection and Cures for Alzheimer's Disease 241

Chapter 14 Future Medicine 2: Cancer Vaccines 249

Chapter 15 The Future of Translational Research 285

Postscript: is Vaccination a Translational Success Story? 307

Index 317