Breast cancer: Star-gazing software helps

Comments print
Reuters: London, Feb 20 2013, 10:34 IST
Breast Cancer.jpg
drug like Roche's Herceptin.

Some diagnostics companies are already looking at other ways to automate the analysis of tumour samples but Ali said this was the first example of exploiting know-how adapted from astronomy.

The team of Cambridge cancer researchers and astronomers, who published their findings in the British Journal of Cancer, have placed all their algorithms and images in the public domain in the hope of encouraging further collaboration.

Ads by Google
   Previous | 1 | 2
Previous Story  Taj Mahotsava begins Next Story  LTTE leader Prabhakaran son Balachandran's killing: US to introduce human rights resolution
Reader's Comments| Post a Comment

Be the first to comment.

Post your Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Name *
Email *
Message *
 
captcha
please enter the above characters in the box below