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UC San Diego researchers receive $18.2 million grant for B cell cancer clinical trial

The Independent Citizens Oversight Committee of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine today unanimously approved an $18.29 million grant to University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers to fund a phase Ib/IIa clinical trial of a novel combination drug therapy for B-cell cancers.

26 Aug 2017

New study compares experiences of women undergoing IVF either to become pregnant or for money

An individual's reason for undergoing a medical intervention -- be it to prevent or treat disease, earn money, or to have a child -- may result in variations in the bodily experience of the patient, Yale researchers have found.

26 Aug 2017

Research paves way for new drugs that may prevent tumor repopulation after radiation therapy

Whenever an organism is damaged, the cells surrounding the wound receive signals to proliferate more intensely so as to regenerate the injured tissue.

26 Aug 2017

Astex celebrates as breast cancer drug gets European marketing approval

Astex Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics for oncology and diseases of the central nervous system, announced today that its long-standing pharmaceutical collaborator, Novartis, has received marketing approval in Europe for Kisqali (ribociclib) plus an aromatase inhibitor as a first-line treatment in post-menopausal women with hormone receptor positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 negative (HR+/HER2-) locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

26 Aug 2017

Scientists develop new chimeric antibody to treat malignant cancers in dogs

Scientists have developed a new chimeric antibody that suppresses malignant cancers in dogs, showing promise for safe and effective treatment of intractable cancers.

26 Aug 2017

NIH grant for CWRU professors could enable new directions for cancer immunotherapies

Nicole Steinmetz, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Center for RNA Science and Therapeutics in the Division of General Medical Sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the holder of the George J. Picha Designated Professor in Biomaterials, has received a major grant from the National Institutes of Health to help understand how a virus-like particle from plants stimulates potent anti-tumor responses.

26 Aug 2017

Cancer treatments could affect person’s sense of taste and dietary preferences

Cancer treatments have many effects on patients – some apparent and some less so. One of the most noticeable changes is a change in taste.

26 Aug 2017

Tumor irradiation may prolong survival of NSCLC patients undergoing novel chemotherapy formulation

Patients with unresectable, or inoperable, lung cancer are often given a dismal prognosis, with low rates of survival beyond a few years.

26 Aug 2017

CSUDH professor seeks novel lead compound to develop new drug for treating cancer

Does anyone have a cardiac pacemaker or medical device implants? How about keys, a mobile phone, or even a wallet? We wouldn't want anything to get damaged or erased."

26 Aug 2017

Writing your way through cancer

When Lynn Scozzari wrote the beginning lines of that poem, "The Offering," in 2013, she was staring at a photo of a naked woman seated on a rock, her arms thrust open to a valley below. Scozzari herself was in a conference room of the cancer center at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., seated at a table stocked with coffee and tissues.

26 Aug 2017

Enhanced levels of NPs in adipose tissue protect against obesity and insulin resistance

Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in Lake Nona, Florida have shown that enhanced natriuretic peptide (NP) signaling in adipose tissue protects against obesity and insulin resistance.

26 Aug 2017

Sectra announces installation of breast imaging PACS at UC San Diego Health

International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra announces that UC San Diego Health will install Sectra PACS for its breast imaging workflow.

26 Aug 2017

Pan-European initiative receives €3.7 million funding to train next generation of brain tumor researchers

A pan-European initiative led by the University of Plymouth designed to train the next generation of brain tumor researchers, has received funding of almost €3.7 million from the European Commission's Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Program.

26 Aug 2017

New approach delivers drugs to cancer cells while protecting healthy tissues

Cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, have helped many people with the disease to go on to live healthy lives.

26 Aug 2017

Uptake of HPV vaccination is worryingly low among childhood cancer survivors

A US national survey reports that even children who have had cancer previously, and are therefore at increased risk of developing further cancers, are not receiving vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV).

25 Aug 2017

New research program receives DKK 100 million in funding from Novo Nordisk Foundation

The newly established research program, 'Program for Translational Hematology', has just received DKK 100 million in funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

From Novo Nordisk 24 Aug 2017

Survey finds lag in HPV vaccination rates for childhood cancer survivors

Despite being at an increased risk for cancers associated with the human papillomavirus, the first comprehensive national survey found that HPV vaccination rates for childhood cancer survivors lag well behind the national average and that health care providers often fail to recommend the vaccine.

24 Aug 2017

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

UC San Diego researchers receive $18.2 million grant for B cell cancer clinical trial

New study compares experiences of women undergoing IVF either to become pregnant or for money

Research paves way for new drugs that may prevent tumor repopulation after radiation therapy

Astex celebrates as breast cancer drug gets European marketing approval

Scientists develop new chimeric antibody to treat malignant cancers in dogs

NIH grant for CWRU professors could enable new directions for cancer immunotherapies

Cancer treatments could affect person’s sense of taste and dietary preferences

Tumor irradiation may prolong survival of NSCLC patients undergoing novel chemotherapy formulation

CSUDH professor seeks novel lead compound to develop new drug for treating cancer

Writing your way through cancer

Enhanced levels of NPs in adipose tissue protect against obesity and insulin resistance

Sectra announces installation of breast imaging PACS at UC San Diego Health

Pan-European initiative receives €3.7 million funding to train next generation of brain tumor researchers

New approach delivers drugs to cancer cells while protecting healthy tissues

Uptake of HPV vaccination is worryingly low among childhood cancer survivors

New research program receives DKK 100 million in funding from Novo Nordisk Foundation

Survey finds lag in HPV vaccination rates for childhood cancer survivors

Cancer drug may inhibit growth of cysts in patients with inherited form of kidney disease

First FDA-approved stem cell trial for shoulder injuries reaches full enrollment

Scientists develop new system to identify and characterize regulatory DNA sequences

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