Mismatch Between Cancer Genetics Counseling And Testing Guidelines And Physician Practices
7/25/2011
A new analysis has found that many doctors report that they do not appropriately offer breast and ovarian cancer counseling and testing services to their female patients. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that efforts are needed to encourage these services for high-risk women and discourage them for average-risk women...
Catching The West Nile Virus In Action
7/25/2011
Since 1999, several outbreaks of West Nile Virus, which causes fever or severe neurological symptoms and is transmitted from birds to humans by blood-sucking mosquitoes, have been seen in the U.S., usually during the summer months. But researchers aren't certain how the virus migrated here - and they don't know how, or where, it will appear next. Now Prof...
Hugo Chavez Has Chemotherapy In Cuba And Returns To Venezuela
7/24/2011
President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, 56, underwent his first week of chemotherapy with minor discomfort in Cuba, he is now back in Venezuela. He added that he still has several additional episodes of treatment to go through. He walked off the plane yesterday at 9.45p.m. in Simón BolÃvar de MaiquetÃa International Airport, in Vargas state...
Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (HQ: Tokyo, President: Toru Usami) announced on July 22 the results of a randomized, Phase II clinical trial for the novel oral nucleoside antitumor agent TAS-102 under development by the company for metastatic colorectal cancer, at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Medical Oncology held in Yokohama. (Abstract no...
Sigma® Life Science Launches Genetically Modified Human Cell Lines For Breast Cancer Research
7/23/2011
Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL), announced the expansion of its CompoZr® Oncology Disease Model portfolio with the release of the first in its collection of breast cancer-specific knockout and knockin cell lines for drug discovery and research...
Hyperbaric Oxygen Tested For Aggressive Brain Cancer
7/23/2011
In a unique study, researchers at The Long Island Brain Tumor Center at Neurological Surgery, P.C. are examining whether hyperbaric oxygen therapy breathing pure oxygen while in a pressurized chamber may prove a useful addition to the current standard of care for patients newly diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer...
A ground-breaking new treatment in late-stage clinical trials is giving Cleveland area patients new hope in their battle against one of the most lethal forms of cancer: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain cancer. The DCVax®-L personalized cancer immune therapy (a therapeutic "cancer vaccine"), which has been under development by Northwest Biotheraputics (NWBO...
Adamis Prostate Cancer Drug APC-100 Granted A Patent In US
7/22/2011
Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (OTCBB: ADMP.OB), today announced the technology which constitutes its compound APC-100 was recently granted a patent in the United States. A patent entitled "Chroman-Derived Compounds for the Treatment of Cancer" has been issued...
Medical Students Set A Shining Example During National Blood Donor Week, Australia
7/22/2011
The annual Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) National Blood Drive is in full swing, with students rolling up their sleeves to donate blood following the launch of the Drive at the AMSA National Convention on 11 July...
Seventh And Eighth Bases Of DNA Identified By UNC Researchers
7/22/2011
For decades, scientists have known that DNA consists of four basic units - adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine. Those four bases have been taught in science textbooks and have formed the basis of the growing knowledge regarding how genes code for life. Yet in recent history, scientists have expanded that list from four to six...