A new project is handing out GoPro's to homeless people, hoping to give the public a closer look at who these people really are.
Cancer is still the second most common cause of death in the U.S., behind heart disease. But for many types of cancer, the mortality rate is declining. Scientists say they are on the verge of developing a greater number of treatments for cancer that are more efficient and less toxic, by specifically targeting tumors using genetic analysis.
“We’ve already developed dozens of new drugs that are not like the carpet bombing of chemotherapy,” Dr. Edward Benz, president of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, told Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson. “They’re much more like smart bombs.”