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The Pan-Cancer Screen: Still Early for Prime Time

Xconomy

I would be ecstatic to have a simple tool for my patients that could detect cancers like ovarian and pancreatic that currently have no effective screening approach. The most popular approach is screening blood for circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), which several companies claim to reliably detect at very low levels in the blood.

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uSamp Ties With GutCheck

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Encino-based uSamp , the provider of technology and services for the online panel and surveying market, said that it has teamed with GutCheck , a provider of online qualitative research. uSamp said it will provide automated deliver of screened and qualified participants to GutCheck's online qualitative market research studies.

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Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs

InfoChachkie

Thus, it is no surprise that Harvard recently reported that 25% of its 2012 graduates accepted jobs as consultants, while 52% opted for careers in financial services. Entrepreneurs should leverage the screening performed by B-schools and not dismiss MBA applicants outright. Look For MBA Outliers.

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Organovo to Test Pre-Clinical Drugs on Bio-Printed Kidney Tissue

Xconomy

We look at ourselves as a human tissues company…We’ll test your compound in our lab as a service.”. The company announced this week that it has developed a similar testing service for screening pre-clinical drug candidates on living human kidney tissue. Now Organovo is expanding its capabilities.

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Interview with Costin Tuculescu, Freebinar

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However, those services can be expensive, particularly for individual users and small and medium sized businesses. First, for folks who haven't used your service, what is Freebinar? What we've been able to do, is non-intrusively serve ads on the right side of the screen, which rotate every 60 seconds. It's not a freemium model.

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Best Tips for Working from Home Effectively

Tech.Co

According to a study from the Harvard Business Review , remote workers have a tendency to feel left out and even ganged up on when check-ins aren't part of the typical work schedule. Furthermore, the study found that 46% of respondents said the most successful managers checked in frequently and regularly with remote employees.

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Why A Cellular Carrier Did Not Buy Skype - Watching A Big Dumb Company Fail In Real Time

InfoChachkie

Some of these capabilities are finally entering the market, primarily introduced by non-telecom entrants like Google and Apple, such as: visual voicemail, screening voicemail messages and immediately connecting you to callers with whom you wish to speak, and displaying caller ID on your television. Ha, ha, ha. Sadly, I was right.

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