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Basis for new treatment options for a fatal leukemia in children revealed
7/29/2015
Detailed molecular analyses allow new insights into the function of tumor cells and options for new treatmentsAcute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) leukemia is the most common type of cancer in...
New tool uses 'drug spillover' to match cancer patients with treatments
7/29/2015
Targeted therapies attack a cancer's genetic sensitivities. However, it can be difficult to discover the genetics driving a patient's cancer, and the effects of drugs designed to target a genetic...
Dog sledding offers a healthy dose of adventure for children with cancer
7/29/2015
A team of sled dogs racing through the snowy forests of northern Canada conjures up the timeless spirit of exploration.
Firms 'underinvest' in long-term cancer research
7/29/2015
Tweaks to the R&D pipeline could create new drugs and greater social benefit.
NICE publishes new guideline on most deadly form of skin cancer
7/29/2015
NICE has published its first guideline on melanoma which aims to reduce the numbers of people dying from the disease, and addresses the wide variations across the country in diagnosis and treatment.
UCF-developed software analyzes fat in seconds
7/29/2015
A University of Central Florida computer scientist has developed software to help doctors quickly determine whether what many assume to be an expected middle-age paunch is potentially more serious.
Immediate response seen from advanced sarcoma patient treated with TRK
7/29/2015
The University of Colorado Cancer Center and Loxo Oncology, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of targeted cancer therapies, have...
Novel therapeutic strategy for single gene disorders delivers RNA that encodes the missing protein
7/29/2015
Researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of delivering an RNA that encodes for the protein alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT)-which is missing or nonfunctional in the genetic disorder AAT...
In economic powers, major causes of death and disease converge on poor people
7/28/2015
The world's largest economic powers have both a responsibility and an interest in reducing diseases that account for the greatest losses in healthy years of life worldwide, according to two...
Ewing's sarcoma: A dangerous liaison
7/28/2015
Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have elucidated at the molecular level how an otherwise innocuous inherited mutation that is quite common in European populations...