Many early stage cancers have a high rate of survival if promptly diagnosed and treated. Survival rates for stage 1-3 breast cancer can be as high as 95% at the 5 year mark. Unfortunately, late stage cancers have a much lower survival rate; stage 4 breast cancer only has about a 20% survival rate at the 5 year mark. Metastatic cancers pose a particularly...

Antibiotic resistance is a worldwide clinical and public health problem, primarily stemming from the overuse of antibiotics. One of the most critical resistant pathogens is Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which accounts for over 2,000,000 illnesses and 11,000 deaths each year. MRSA has developed resistance to all beta-lactam antibiotics....