ESMOChannel: Panellists discuss different aspects important for rational clinical development of PI3K/AKT/mTOR inhibitors: what can we learn from studying #biomarkers and resistance mechanisms? How can we build on this knowledge? #personalisedmedicine  

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#Rumismile   #creativity   #inspiration  

mHealth is just one of the benefits of a #ConnectedContinent – helping patients, doctors and carers take control, wherever they are. From simple apps which help you stick to your exercise regime – to monitoring tools for those on kidney dialysis.The EU has already invested over €100 million, with about €95 million up for grabs over the next two years. And we are now consulting on how best to unlock the huge potential of mobile healthcare.

Take part http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-394_en.htm

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This electron micrograph depicts an amoeba, Hartmannella vermiformis (orange), as it entraps a Legionella pneumophila bacterium (green) with an extended pseudopod. After it is ingested, the Legionella pneumophila bacterium can survive as a symbiont within what then becomes its protozoan host. The amoeba then becomes what is referred to as a "Trojan horse," for by harboring the pathogenic bacteria, the amoeba can afford them protection, and in fact, in times of adverse environmental conditions, are able to metamorphose into a cystic-stage enabling it, and its symbiotic resident pathogens to withstand such environmental stresses.

Image credit: Dr. Barry S Fields/CDC

Legionella pneumophila bacterium causes a disease called Legionellosis, that can come in two forms:

1) Legionnaires' disease is the more severe form of the infection, which may involve pneumonia.

2) Pontiac fever is a milder illness that develops from hours to two days after initial infection and resolves spontaneously. ( http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/mobileart.asp?articlekey=10790&page=1 )
#science #biology

Treat the body, heal the soul.

Since ‪#‎Mexico‬ began covering breast cancer treatment for women who could not otherwise afford it, thousands of women have been diagnosed, treated and survived the disease.

Read more about efforts in Mexico to give everyone access to the health care they need - regardless of their financial situation: http://goo.gl/mWS6BG

Bacterial Conjugation ...

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial_conjugation)

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