Over the course of his career, healthcare investor and entrepreneur Dr. Harry Stylli has provided executive leadership to numerous innovative companies. Dr. Harry Stylli currently serves as chairman of OncoCellMDx, a privately held diagnostic testing developer. Using technologies created internally and licensed through Harvard Medical School, the company has created non-invasive blood-based tests to evaluate a cancer’s grade and level of aggression.. Continue.

Latest News

What Are Ribosomes and How Do They Affect Health?

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Harry Stylli

All cells contain ribosomes, cellular organelles that are integral to the production of proteins in the body. In this article we look in more detail at the functions ribosomes perform and their impact on human health. What are ribosomes? Ribosomes are essentially molecular machines that convert amino acids into proteins in a process called… Continue Reading

The Truth about Antibiotic Resistance: 5 Common Myths Exposed

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Harry Stylli

The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming is undoubtedly one of the biggest medical breakthroughs in history. It has saved an estimated 200 million lives to date. Nevertheless, the development of penicillin came with a health warning from Fleming himself. He believed that exposing microbes to non-lethal doses of antibiotics could promote drug resistance. But… Continue Reading

How Do Amino Acids Affect Our Health? The Facts You Need to Know

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Harry Stylli

“Wonder food” fads often extol the virtues of amino acids, but do they really matter in terms of human health? In this article we take a look at the differences between essential and nonessential amino acids and why they are so important to our health. What are amino acids? Amino acids are essentially protein… Continue Reading

Everything You Need to Know about CRISPR Technology

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Harry Stylli

What is CRISPR technology? How has it changed the medical world? How could CRISPR technology help us find a cure for cancer? We explore all this and more. What is CRISPR? CRISPR (pronounced “crisper”) refers to a special segment of DNA characterized by repeated sequences of nucleotides, interspersed with spacers. CRISPR is an acronym… Continue Reading

Genomics and the Search for a Cure for Cancer

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Harry Stylli

Scientists have understood for some time that there is a link between certain genetic permutations and an individual’s susceptibility to cancer. Logically, it therefore follows that one of the keys to curing cancer may lie in tackling the disease at a genetic level. In this article we explore the world of cancer genomics, its success… Continue Reading

What Is the Exome and Why Is It Important to My Health?

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Harry Stylli

Since the completion of the Human Genome Project at the start of the 21st century, scientists are understanding more and more about the link between genes and disease. In this article we explore the exome, its function in the human body, and how the relatively new procedure of exome sequencing could pave the way for… Continue Reading