• PEACE Study Offers New Clues About How Cancer Resists Treatment

    Clinical Research News | Research autopsies are nothing new—the use of post-mortem tissues for cancer research has been ongoing since the end of the nineteenth century—but the Cancer Research UK-sponsored PEACE (posthumous evaluation of advanced cancer environment) study stands apart by virtue of its scope and scale. The pan-cancer initiative intends to enroll 500 patients across the country in hopes of understanding cancer evolution, drug resistance and why patients die of their disease.

    Apr 26, 2023

  • Follow the Money: PCORI Funding, Bipolar Disorder Investments, Decentralized Trial Funding, More

    Clinical Research News | PCORI has announced $127M in investment for research projects targeting high-burden healthcare concerns; Gilde Healthcare announces a new fund for medtech; Series C for a FHIR-native health data platform; and more.

    Apr 25, 2023

  • Army Researchers Identify Blood Biomarker Panel For PTSD

    Clinical Research News | Post-traumatic stress disorder is difficult to diagnose under the best of conditions, including knowing the triggering issues and how an individual responds to stressful events. For the mostly young and “macho” men in the military who are exposed to combat and separated from their families for many months at a stretch the obstacles—and stakes—are even higher.

    Apr 20, 2023