Industry News
Evolution not just mutation drives development of cancer
7/22/2015
Solving 'Peto's Paradox,' new model shows selection pressure of healthy tissue keeps cells with cancerous mutations in checkA paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Early antiretroviral therapy prevents non-AIDS outcomes in HIV-infected people, study
7/22/2015
New findings illustrate manifold benefit of therapyStarting antiretroviral therapy early not only prevents serious AIDS-related diseases, but also prevents the onset of cancer, cardiovascular...
Dartmouth team conducts first synthesis of molecules that cause rapid cell death in cancer
7/22/2015
Dartmouth researchers and their colleagues have carried out the first total syntheses of certain compounds involved in excessive cell death in leukemia.
New 'TripAdvisor' site to address use of substandard biomedical research tools
7/22/2015
An international panel of leading scientists is launching a new TripAdvisor-style website aimed at helping researchers choose better-quality research tools - and avoiding potentially serious errors...
Common chemicals may act together to increase cancer risk, study finds
7/22/2015
Common environmental chemicals assumed to be safe at low doses may act separately or together to disrupt human tissues in ways that eventually lead to cancer, according to a task force of nearly 200...
Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the use of T-cell therapy to treat cancer, has announced that data from its Phase I/II study of its affinity...
HAEi global access program for RUCONEST now live
7/21/2015
Pharming Group N.V., Euronext: PHARM) and Clinigen Group plc ('Clinigen' or the 'Group', AIM: CLIN) today announce that their global collaboration to provide access to Pharming's RUCONEST®...
New method to deliver glucose to cancer cells could prove key to defeating deadly cancers
7/21/2015
UCLA scientists have identified a new mechanism that delivers a key substance that fuels the growth of pancreatic and prostate cancer cells, a finding that offers new hope in the fight against two...
Scientists map out the odds of recurrence of breast cancer in individual patients
7/21/2015
Scientists of UT research institute MIRA have developed a system that maps out the odds of recurrence of breast cancer in individual patients.
MD Anderson study finds one-third of colorectal cancers diagnosed before 35 are hereditary
7/21/2015
Researchers recommend genetic counseling to benefit familiesHereditary colorectal cancers, caused by inherited gene mutations, are relatively rare for most patients.