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Exploring Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) as a New Oncology Clinical Trial Endpoint

Historically, five-year survival rates have been used to evaluate cancer therapeutic effectiveness in clinical trials. But time is critical for research — and for patients. Fortunately, there is a promising method for evaluating cancer therapeutic effectiveness that could potentially offer prognostic insights after just one year. Noninvasive liquid biopsy analysis, including analysis of circulating tumor DNA, is improving researchers’ ability to detect clinical responses more rapidly.
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Using ddPCR Technology to Improve Cancer Detection and Treatment Efficacy Monitoring

Cancer remains a leading cause of death worldwide. However, as cancer treatments continue to improve and diagnoses happen sooner, more and more patients are experiencing remission. To further increase survival rates and reduce unnecessary treatment, scientists and clinicians are turning to ultra-sensitive molecular analysis to inform treatment decisions and predict and detect relapse.
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Moving Forward with Immunotherapies for Cancer
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Moving Forward with Immunotherapies for Cancer

Frost & Sullivan, a business consulting firm involved in market research and analysis, conducted a thought leadership forum that brought together experts in the field of immuno-oncology. Follow their discussions about the current state of immunotherapies and the key challenges and future approaches to the targeted use of the immune system in cancer treatment.
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Biomarkers for the Brain
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Biomarkers for the Brain

Frost & Sullivan, a business consulting firm involved in market research and analysis, conducted a thought leadership forum that brought together experts in the field of CNS biomarkers. Follow their discussions about technological advancements in the field and future implications of the current research and development.
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Alzheimer’s Disease: A Smoking Gun with No Suspect
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Alzheimer’s Disease: A Smoking Gun with No Suspect

For the past 30 years, there has been one assumed culprit of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) — beta-amyloid. However, researchers have been unsuccessful in developing effective therapies targeting this protein. Understand the history of AD and beta-amyloid and see what other biomarkers are being investigated as potential therapeutic targets.
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Novel Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury
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Traumatic Brain Injury — A Controversial and Deadly Epidemic

Ever wonder how football is linked to degenerative brain disease? Find out here. Also, learn about novel biomarkers for traumatic brain injury (TBI), the current state of TBI research, and promising new approaches for developing a robust diagnostic tool. Discover tests currently used to diagnose TBI and read about unusual techniques used to develop reliable biomarkers.
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Bioinformatics and Our Microbiome
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Say Hello to Your Littlest Friends — the Microbiota

How well do you understand your microbiota? Dr. Allyson Byrd of Genentech, the fourth guest on Brilliant Science, is a bioinformatician focusing on parsing all the data our microbiomes have to offer. Read about the value of analyzing microbiota and how Dr. Byrd hopes to leverage the results.
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Discovering Small Vesicles with Flow Cytometry
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Flow Cytometry — A Gateway for Discovering More about Small Vesicles

Small vesicles were identified over 50 years ago but scientists are still trying to understand their biology and role in disease. These vesicles have become relevant for monitoring, diagnosing, and treating complex diseases such as cancer. Yet, because of their small size compared to cells, they require intricate technologies to truly understand their impact in research. Learn about the various technologies used to study small vesicles and discover the power of flow cytometry for learning more about these valuable vesicles.
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Benefits of Flow Cytometry in Immuno-Oncology Research
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The Benefits of Flow Cytometry in Immuno-Oncology Research

Immuno-oncology, or cancer immunotherapy, research focuses heavily on the various types of cells and their behavior in cancer, so the use of flow cytometry to interrogate these cells is a no brainer. See how flow cytometry fits in this growing field of research and how it can help identify new targets and improve drug design to generate more effective and safer cancer therapeutics.
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When Small Matters — See How the ZE5 Cell Analyzer Can Help

Presented by: Yasha Talaga, MSc, Applications and Collaborations Product Manager, Cell Biology

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In this webinar, Yasha Talaga will explain how specific methodologies and instrument setup on the ZE5 Cell Analyzer allow for reliable exosome detection data.

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