Preliminary research shows that gene therapy might one day be a powerful weapon against leukemia and other blood cancers. The experimental treatment coaxed certain blood cells into targeting and destroying cancer cells, according to ...
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Four out of five doctors who treat cancer were unable to prescribe their medication of choice at least once during a six-month period because of a drug shortage, according to a new survey. The survey also found that more than 75 percent ...
Women fighting an aggressive form of breast cancer may benefit from adding certain drugs to their chemotherapy regimen, and taking them prior to surgery, new research finds. This pre-surgical drug therapy boosts the likelihood that no ...
Nine of 10 women do not need and should not receive genetic testing to see if they are at risk for breast or ovarian cancer, an influential panel of health experts announced Monday. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) ...
Tags: breast cancer, ovarian cancer, women health, genetic testing
Currently, monoclonal antibody agents have been successfully used in the treatment of tumors, cancers and other serious diseases as a heavyweight in the biopharmaceutical industry. In 2009-2012, the market size of monoclonal antibody agents ...
Worldwide, 14 million people developed cancer last year up from 12.7 million cases in 2008, the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Switzerland said. David Forman, bead of the IARC Section of Cancer Information, the group that ...
Tags: Breast Cancer, women health
The sun protective apparel makers are expecting an increase in demand for kids clothing range because of the increasing consumer awareness about sun exposure. Speaking to fibre2fashion, Kimberly Hanson, account executive of Portico, said, ...
Foundation Medicine, a molecular information company, has announced the launch of its second clinical product, FoundationOne Heme, a fully informative genomic profile for hematologic cancers (leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma), as well as many ...
Sumitomo Heavy Industries has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its Proton Therapy System, a form of radiation therapy, which employs proton beams to kill cancer cells with better dose distribution in ...
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Navidea Biopharmaceuticals will collaborate with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) on a clinical study that will assess the safety and activity of a radiolabeled, humanized monoclonal antibody from its RIGS (radio-immuno-guided ...
Novogen, a biotechnology company, has announced the filing of a family of provisional patents in the US covering anti-tropomyosin (ATM) drug technology. ATM drugs represent an entirely novel approach to anti-cancer therapy, blocking the ...
Prostate cancer stem cells evolve into different cells as the disease progresses and this becomes a moving target for treatment, U.S. researchers say. Drs. Andrew Goldstein, Owen Witte and Tanya Stoyanova and colleagues at the University ...
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A look back through our archives sees that DuPont, Dr Pepper, Post Holdings and Ralcorp Holdings, Kraft Foods and Dow Chemical Company have all had issues to address. General Mills is working to undo the impact of poor waste disposal more ...
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Men with prostate cancer who ate a low-fat diet and took fish body oil supplements may have lower risk of cancer recurrence, U.S. researchers say. Lead author William Aronson of the University of California, Los Angeles, and chief of ...
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After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
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