Could viruses take cancer immunotherapy to the next level?
Credit: The Ottawa Hospital The Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT), a non-profit based in Stamford, Connecticut, dedicated to funding ...
Month: January 2018
In clinical trial, cream reduces squamous cell carcinoma risk
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- New results from a clinical trial involving more than 900 military veterans at high risk for keratinocyte ...
Tailoring cancer treatments to individual patients
Credit: Lima et. al. 2017, Hormuth et. al. 2015 Attempts to eradicate cancer are often compared to a "moonshot" -- ...
Trastuzumab: No negative impact on cardiac function
PITTSBURGH, PA -- Long-term follow-up results of the NRG Oncology trial NSABP B-31 have shown that the addition of trastuzumab ...
Total-body PET: Maximizing sensitivity for clinical research and patient care
Credit: University of California, Davis RESTON, Va. - The new total-body PET/CT scanner could revolutionize our understanding and treatment of ...
PharmaMar has requested the process of re-examination for Aplidin® from the EMA
(Pharmamar) PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) has announced the initiation of the re-examination process by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for Aplidin® (plitidepsin) ...
State-of-the-art MRI technology bypasses need for biopsy
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Jan. 02, 2018 - The most common type of tumor found in the kidney is ...
Americans’ attitudes about science in 2017: High confidence, low visibility
ARLINGTON, Va. - Jan. 2, 2018 - Scientists and the nation's scientific enterprise remain largely invisible to the public, according ...
Novel nanomedicine inhibits progression of pancreatic cancer in mice
A new Tel Aviv University study pinpoints the inverse correlation between a known oncogene -- a gene that promotes the ...
Randomness a key in spread of disease, other ‘evil’
ITHACA, N.Y. - An unfortunate church dinner more than 100 years ago did more than just spread typhoid fever to ...
Novel diabetes drugs sensitize cancer cells to chemotherapy agents
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have shown that experimental diabetes drugs can make cancer cells more vulnerable to traditional chemotherapy ...
PharmaMar signs a license agreement for Aplidin® with Megapharm in Israel
PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) has announced today a commercialization and distribution license agreement with Megapharm Ltd. for the marine-derived anticancer drug Aplidin® ...
Immune cells play key role in early breast cancer metastasis even before a tumor develops
(New York, NY - January 2, 2018) --Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that normal immune cells called macrophages, which reside ...
Risk-based lung cancer screening may save more lives than current USPSTF guidelines
1. Risk-based lung cancer screening may save more lives than current USPSTF guidelines Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M17-2067 URLs go live when the ...
