University of Manchester

An integrated analysis of 30 soil microbiome datasets suggests that common bacterial taxa may be less useful ecological indicators compared to much rarer taxa.

In a retrospective cohort study of Lynch syndrome patients, researchers found that cancer onset varied both by which gene was mutated and how it was altered.

The circulating tumor cell-based classifier had an overall accuracy of 89 percent for small-cell lung cancer patients, the researchers reported.

The company will use proceeds from the placement to conduct clinical trials on its Parsortix CTC system, which has been adopted by Cancer Research UK's Mancherster Institute.