Clinical trials investigating new uses for the anti-cancer drug Avastin have produced mixed results. When combined with standard chemotherapy, Avastin extended the survival of patients with advanced cervical cancer by nearly four months, ...
If Nuvilex can use the Cell-in-a-Box technology to develop marijuana-based treatments for cancer with the same success it has seen in two independent clinical trials to develop a treatment for advanced inoperable pancreatic cancer, then the ...
Nuvilex has announced that its subsidiary, Medical Marijuana Sciences, plans to use the proprietary cellulose-based live-cell encapsulation technology known as Cell-in-a-Box to develop treatments for serious and deadly forms of cancer. ...
President Nixon funded research to wage a war on cancer, a long battle that we're still fighting today. While the last 40 years haven't brought us a cure, we have made some meaningful progress in developing tools and knowledge to take a ...
Tags: cancer risk, lifestyle changes, preventive screenings, healthy choices
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals and Celgene have entered into an agreement to jointly develop and commercialize about six anti-cancer stem cell (CSC) product candidates from OncoMed's biologics pipeline, including demcizumab (OMP-21M18, Anti-DLL4). ...
Tags: clinical studies, Medicine, OncoMed
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 ...
Agalimmune, a biopharmaceutical company, has been created to develop innovative immunotherapeutics for the treatment of cancer, with a focus on solid tumours. The new company has been founded by an investment group comprising Loxbridge ...
Tags: solid tumours, cancer treatment
Women who consistently take fish oil supplements are significantly less likely to develop breast cancer than women who do not take fish oil, according to a 2010 study conducted by researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ...
You probably know by now that turmeric has been acknowledged as a potent anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-cancer substance. Turmeric is a rhizome with edible roots that grow underground horizontally. It's actually related to ginger ...
Tags: 7, super-healing, turmeric, diet
For thousands of years, the human race has benefited significantly from the consumption of fresh coconut and its many derivatives. Coconut water, coconut flesh, and coconut oil all possess unique nutritional profiles that make them superior ...
It's good to know more about simple herbs to protect us against infections as well as cure us from infections and disease. Some herbs can be consumed directly; some need to be made into teas or tinctures, while others are offered as ...
US-based Advanced Proteome Therapeutics has announced the achievement of an important milestone in its Cprogram with its collaborators by demonstrating that the first of a series of the company's site-specifically labeled protein conjugates ...
Tags: therapeutics, anti-cancer, proteome, Cprogram
Cancer Research UK's commercial arm Cancer Research Technology (CRT) has collaborated with Danish drug discovery firm Nuevolution for the discovery of anti-cancer drug molecules targeting several key proteins. The deal is aimed at ...
Tags: Cancer Drugs, Medicine
Synta Pharmaceuticals has announced the publication of the company's first patent application covering its proprietary Hsp90-inhibitor drug conjugate (HDC) platform, which leverages the company's expertise in chaperone biology and medicinal ...
US-based biopharmaceutical company Immunomedics has announced the issuance of a US patent to its majority-owned subsidiary, IBC Pharmaceuticals, for ‘Novel Strategies for Improved Cancer Vaccines’. The new patent concerns ...