Las células inmortales de Henrietta Lacks

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Imagína que algo lo suficientemente pequeño como para flotar sobre una mota de polvo nos ayuda a entender el cáncer, la virología y la genética. Por suerte para nosotros, tal cosa existe en la forma de billones de billones de células humanas cultivadas en el laboratorio y llamadas HeLa. Pero, ¿cómo hemos llegado hasta estas células? Robin Bulleri cuenta la historia de Henrietta Lacks, una mujer cuyo ADN ha llevado a innumerables curas y dado lugar a patentes y otros descubrimientos.

Microentorno: el ecosistema del cáncer.

Cáncer de piel.

Skin Cancer, Sun Protection, and You infographic

¿Qué es la inmunoterapia?

What Is Cancer Immunotherapy infographic by Nakanishi.

El cáncer:un asesino global.

Cancro assassino globale infographic

Cáncer de pecho. Algunos datos.

http://www.knowcancer.com/blog/breast-cancer-awareness-month-infographic/

 Some Key Statistics:

• Breast cancer is the most common cancer amongst American women
• About 1 in 8 (12%) women in the US will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime.
• Estimated yearly cost for breast cancer is around $16.5 Billion
• Not including skin cancers, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer amongst women in the U.S. About 28% of cancers in women are breast cancer, that is more than 1in 4!
• From 1999 to 2005, breast cancer incidence rates in the U.S. decreased by about 2% per year. The decrease was seen only in women aged 50 and older.
• Breast cancer death rate is down by nearly 33% the death rates have been decreasing since 1990 — especially in women under 50
• Amongst women living in the United States, breast cancer death rates are higher than those for any other cancer, besides lung cancer.
• Now on an average decline of roughly 1.7% per year

Cáncer de páncreas.

Datos sobre la piel.

Why we haven´t cured cancer

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Family Smoking Prevention.

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Cancer protection.