Action at the edges in cancer research

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The very dynamic atmosphere that currently exists in cancer research is attributable to the growing realization that cancer mechanisms are both diverse and unifying and that this apparent contradiction can be resolved, according to Daniel Louvard, research director of the Institut Curie in Paris, France. It is now known that the individual disease profile results from a finite number of malfunctioning biological processes relating to each other in a combinatorial manner in a malignant clone. Cancer research will now only make significant progress if there is improved communication among the participating disciplines.

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United States gives priority to skills shortage

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Academic groups are finding it very difficult to recruit and retain talented bioinformatics researchers. This problem has been recognized in the US by the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of General Medical Scientists.

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Mathematicians are in short supply in the United States

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Efforts by the US government to boost numbers of mathematicians are examined in detail. There are opportunities to apply mathematical knowledge in a number of fields.

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