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According to a recent study, breast cancer has been found to be the leading cancer in females in Sub-Saharan Africa. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Strikingly high proportions of breast cancer found in Sub-Saharan Africa

Blake Snelling September 22, 2015

American Cancer Society epidemiologist Farhad Islami Gomeshtapeh and his team of researchers found high proportions of advanced breast cancers among women in Côte d'Ivoire and the Republic of Congo,...

CityStart, a Boston-based hackathon and boot camp for start-up innovation, will launch May 30. PHOTO BY COLLIERS/WIKIMEDIA

Three week CityStart “boot camp” aims for start-ups without ends

Blake Snelling April 30, 2015

When it kicks off on May 30, CityStart Boston, a hackathon and boot camp aiming to foster startup innovation activity around the city, will put Boston entrepreneurs through three weeks of team-building...

Massachusetts legislators filed bills in January 2014 to limit or ban contracts restricting employees from working for competitors. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Liberating their labor, businesses opt not to non-compete

Blake Snelling April 23, 2015

Massachusetts legislators have spent the last seven years debating non-compete agreements, which prevent employees from taking positions at rival companies. Despite former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s...

Boston University teams placed third and fifth in the 2015 CME Group Trading Challenge. GRAPHIC BY SHIVANI PATEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU trading teams see return on investment of time, spirit

Blake Snelling March 26, 2015

Two Boston University teams traded hard work for success in the 12th annual CME Group Trading Challenge on March 9, where they competed as one of over 500 teams from 226 universities worldwide. Now,...

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that biopsies, which help researchers understand diseases such as breast cancer, are not as useful as previously thought. GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Researchers piece together alternatives to flawed biopsy method

Blake Snelling March 26, 2015

By current projections from the American Cancer Society, one out of every eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. Caught early, most forms of the disease...

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