Two Norgen scientists holding up blue colorectal cancer awareness ribbons

Let's talk Numbers...

If experts say that colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most preventable and often curable diseases, then why does it still consume 10.2% of all cancer cases globally?

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The National Institute of Health estimates that approximately 6 in 100 000 individuals develop brain or central nervous system-related cancers each year1. Current approaches in the diagnosis of brain cancer include CT scans, MRI and tissue biopsy.

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RNA isolation and quantification of miRNAs are gaining significance as promising methods in cancer biomarker discovery.

potatoes

Plant viruses cause the second highest losses to crop yields every year, surpassed only by fungi. A research team in Norway recently compared several in vitro virus elimination therapies on a variety of potato cultivars.