Elie Dolgin, PHD, Science Journalist

Shoddy biopsies deny cancer patients a shot at personalized treatment

Elie Dolgin • January 22, 2016

A huge federal trial of personalized cancer medicine has run into an unexpected roadblock: Many of the tumor samples aren’t robust enough to be put through genetic analysis.

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Mouse brain tissue imaged using expansion microscopy.
By Elie Dolgin January 13, 2025
How a tissue-swelling method brought super-resolution imaging to the masses.
Cartoon of cars and a bicycle moving through a tunnel inside a cell
By Elie Dolgin November 27, 2024
In response to cellular stress, proteins become ensnared in chemical traffic jams, creating a kind of widespread sluggishness scientists call “proteolethargy.”
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