McLanahan’s grocery store is located in Jamaica Junction or Chromic Town and it is here where the rise of electronic cigarettes is quite evident. The grocery store displays popular electronic cigarettes and a multitude of accessories ...
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Ewing's Sarcoma is an aggressive pediatric cancer, most commonly caused by the improper fusion of the gene EWS with the gene FLI1. Though the cause has long been known, therapeutic targeting of this fusion has to date proven very difficult. ...
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The idea to start a women's mountain biking group in southern California was sparked over happy hour conversation. Good friends and avid mountain bikers Wendy Engelberg and Kim Cofield saw a need for a place for women to meet other lady ...
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US-based biopharmaceutical firm Tracon Pharmaceuticals has started dosing in a Phase Ib clinical of TRC105 for the treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. The trial evaluates the combination of TRC105 and a standard ...
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While the biggest charity "thons" were flat or slightly down in 2012, most dedicated to cycling saw healthy increases.? "When we look at the results, the really strong results are in the cycling area," said David Hessekiel, president of ...
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Threshold Pharmaceutical has received orphan drug designation for TH-302, a cancer drug, from the US FDA. Threshold is presently testing TH-302 along with a commonly used chemotherapeutic agent, doxorubicin, in a late-stage trial to treat ...
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has received FDA approval for Votrient (pazopanib) for the treatment of patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS) who have received prior chemotherapy. The approval is based on the results of the randomized, ...
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BSD Medical has featured its hyperthermia product line at International Congress of Hyperthermic Oncology (ICHO), which was held as a joint conference with the Japanese Congress of Thermal Medicine in Kyoto, Japan, in 2012. BSD's ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted patent No. 8,232,262 to Ziopharm Oncology's palifosfamide (ZIO-201). The patent covers palifosfamide compositions, formulations, methods of use and methods of manufacture, which now ...
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