Posted by Willy Franzen on February 4, 2011. Jobs updated daily.
| Precision Medicine Technology Portfolio Sr. Manager Washington, DC | View |
| Pricing Analyst - REMOTE Washington, DC | View |
| Associate Director, Biostatistics Rockville, MD | View |
| Field Service Technician Ashburn, VA | View |
| Associate Director, Biostatistics Washington, DC | View |
| Research Scientist Washington, DC | View |
| Research Analyst Washington, DC | View |
| Assistant Research Scientist (PREP0003776) - #Faculty Gaithersburg, MD | View |
| Programs and Content Team Administrative Associate Washington, DC | View |
| Expert Computer Scientist - Quality Assurance Framework (QAF) Accreditation Herndon, VA | View |
In just the past year and a half, I’ve lost two important people in my life to cancer. Chances are that you’ve been similarly affected by the disease considering that 1 in 4 deaths in this country are caused by cancer and that there were more than 1.5 million new cancer cases last year. The numbers sound grim, but every year we’re getting better and better at treating cancer. One of the major trends that I keep hearing about is that doctors are starting to see cancers as individual diseases instead of as one disease that affects many areas of the body. Precision Therapeutics is a Pittsburgh, PA based company that is taking this idea once step further. They believe that cancer should be treated at an individual level. In other words, they see every single case of cancer as potentially unique, and they want to help doctors and patients find the best way to treat it.
Precision Therapeutics was founded in 1995, and since then most of their focus has been devoted to a single product. It’s called the ChemoFx® Drug Response Marker, and it is “a test that quantifies an individual cancer patient’s probable tumor response to various chemotherapeutic and biologic agents—providing both sensitivity and resistance information.” It works by testing a range of different chemotherapies on a patient’s cancer cells. It then determines which of the different therapies are most likely to be effective and ineffective, so that doctors have a better chance of taking the right course of action. Obviously I’m not qualified to give you the full overview since my last Biology class was in 9th grade, but what I’ve told you should be enough to pique your interest. If it has, then you will want to take a look at Precision Therapeutics’ Careers page. Right now they’re looking for a Data Analyst, a Java Software Developer, and a Medical Records Coordinator. All three positions look suitable for a new or recent grad, so check them out.
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