Cures vs. profits : successes in translational research / James Lyons-Weiler, Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge, USA.

Cures versus profits

New Jersey : World Scientific, [2016]

xxxvi, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Abuses in medicine -- Outrageous acts of pseudoscience -- Wait, grapefruit is bad for you? -- Hormone receptor status and breast cancer treatment -- Fecal microbiota transplantation -- Overdiagnosis of ADHD: it's their mind, not yours -- Vaccination programs: eradication of infectious diseases -- Chemosensitivity and chemoresistance assays in cancer -- A very special kind of brain cancer surgery -- Genomics and personalized medicine -- Robot-guided surgery -- Hallmarks and principles of translational research success -- Future medicine 1: early detection and cures for Alzheimer's disease -- Future medicine 2: cancer vaccines -- The future of translational research.

Includes bibliographical references and index.