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U.S. Patent 2,656,508. This is the patent number for the first impedance-based flow cytometry device, using the Coulter principle issued in 1953, to Wallace H. Coulter. Mack Fulwyler was the inventor of the forerunner to today’s flow cytometers – particularly the cell sorter. In November 1965, Fulwyler introduced to the world in his Science publication […]

Living with Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society® (LLS) is a global leader in the fight against cancer and has helped advance 54 of the 64 blood cancer treatment options approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration since 2017. This month the LLS announced it […]

Figure 1: Heatmap showing responses to 31 drugs or drug combinations (rows) in 37 blood cancer patient samples (columns). Each colored box represents the level of ex vivo drug sensitivity, with red indicating the highest level of sensitivity and blue the lowest. Getting the right cancer drugs to the right patients relies on the accurate […]

Notable’s The ANSWer Study: An Observational Clinical Trial for Patients with Blood Cancer by Susanna Wen MsM (Master of Medicine), Ph.D Notable’s first self-sponsored clinical trial to validate cancer patient matching on its automated high-throughput scientific technology platform At Notable, we are aiming to redefine cancer treatment with the development of a functional precision medicine […]

In the world of oncology, precision medicine has been synonymous with genomics. Once genetic abnormalities are identified in a patient through cytogenetics and sequencing, an appropriate therapy can be identified that exploits this abnormality thought to be driving cancer growth. One of the best success stories… oncology precision medicine has been the genetic.