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PharmaMar will present final data on PM1183 during the 18th World Lung Conference in Japan
PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) will present the final efficacy and safety data obtained from the Phase I/II trial combining PM1183 (lurbinectedin) with...
Exposure to environmental chemicals is an important risk factor for breast cancer
Newton, Mass. (Oct. 10, 2017) - Exposure to environmental chemicals, especially early in life, is an important contributing factor in...
BU researcher receives grant to better understand lymphoblastic leukemia
(Boston)--Hui Feng, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology and medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), is the recipient...
Moffitt researchers discover new targets for approved cancer drug
TAMPA, Fla. (Oct. 10, 2017) - Developing new drugs to treat cancer can be a painstaking process taking over a...
International experts describe a new way of cells behaving when submitted to chemotherapy
(University of Seville) The experts indicate a new way via which cells can respond to chemotherapy. This knowledge has to...
In global first, Penn using glowing tumor dye to identify cancerous lymph nodes
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Surgeons at Penn Medicine are using a fluorescent dye that makes cancerous cells glow in...
Areas of glioblastoma tumors correlate with separate subtypes of glioma stem cells
CLEVELAND -- A new study published in the Oct. 9 issue of the journal Nature Medicine demonstrates, for the first...
P53 ‘master switch’ remains top target in gene signaling network controlling cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center There are two important categories of genes involved in cancer development, oncogenes and tumor...
RIT to develop hybrid biological cell separations technology for lab-on-chip devices
Research being done at Rochester Institute of Technology to refine lab-on-chip devices--highly sophisticated laboratories on microchips--will provide more detailed and...
Genetic advance for male birth control
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - When it comes to birth control, many males turn to two...
IIVS and Colgate-Palmolive team up to provide training on non-animal methods in Brazil
IIVS, supported by a grant from Colgate-Palmolive, held a training course this month in Goiania, Brazil focused on two in...
TB Alliance moves two novel tuberculosis drugs into human trials
GUADALAJARA (10 October, 2017) -- TBA-7371 and sutezolid entered phase 1 clinical trials, TB Alliance announced today. Both compounds have...
Sharing of science is most likely among male scientists
Humans are considered to be very prosocial in comparison to other animals, and many experiments have confirmed this idea. However,...
Research to personalize pre- and probiotic Rx to reduce diseases linked to HIV and alcohol use
New Orleans, LA - The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has awarded LSU Health New Orleans a $401,500...
New smell test could aid early detection of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Nisha Pradhan was seven when she began to suspect she was missing out on something. Her sister seemed to have...
MPFI scientists discover regional differences among chandelier cells
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience The brain is composed of distinct regions that differ in their functional roles...
Breeding salt-tolerant plants
Credit: Picture: Jennifer Böhm Soil erosion is considered as a problem that puts the nutrition of the human population at...
Hibernating ribosomes help bacteria survive
Credit: Saint Louis University / Ellen Hutti ST. LOUIS -- In the second of two high-profile articles published in recent...
Protein restricts sap uptake by aphids
Credit: Karen Kloth Researchers at Umeå University and Wageningen University have discovered how plants can defend themselves against aphids. They...
Meeting an unmet need: A surgical implant that grows with a child
(BOSTON) -- Medical implants can save lives by correcting structural defects in the heart and other organs. But until now,...
