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Researchers identify new genes that likely contribute to asthma

In a study published yesterday in the scientific journal Nature Immunology, a group at the La Jolla Institute (LJI) led by Pandurangan Vijayanand, Ph.D. identify new genes that likely contribute to asthma, a disease that currently affects over 200 million people world wide.

8 Jul 2014

Doctors offer new minimally invasive system to treat patients with narrowed, failing aortic heart

Doctors at the Orlando Health Heart Institute are offering a new minimally invasive system to treat patients with narrowed, failing aortic heart valves who are considered to be at high risk to undergo surgery. Orlando Health is the only hospital in Orlando currently offering the Medtronic CoreValve® System.

From Medtronic 8 Jul 2014

Study does not find association between HPV vaccination and increased risk of blood clot

Although some data has suggested a potential association between receipt of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and subsequent venous thromboembolism (VTE; blood clot), an analysis that included more than 500,000 women who received the vaccine did not find an increased risk of VTE, according to a study in the July 9 issue of JAMA.

8 Jul 2014

Scientists discover new compounds that could alter circadian rhythm

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a surprising new role for a pair of compounds—which have the potential to alter circadian rhythm, the complex physiological process that responds to a 24-hour cycle of light and dark and is present in most living things.

8 Jul 2014

Oncolytics completes patient enrollment in phase II metastatic pancreatic cancer study

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. today announced completion of patient enrollment in a two-arm randomized phase II study of carboplatin, paclitaxel plus REOLYSIN versus carboplatin and paclitaxel alone in the first line treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic pancreatic cancer (OSU-10045).

8 Jul 2014

Novel cancer immunotherapy for dogs could benefit humans as well

As in humans, cancers in dogs have complex causes. The interaction of the environment, food, and genetic disposition are the most well known factors. Today nearly all methods of human medicine are basically available for dogs with cancer, but this was not true of cancer immunotherapy so far.

8 Jul 2014

Study documents impact of behavioural factors on life expectancy

Live longer thanks to fruit, an active lifestyle, limited alcohol and no cigarettes. This is the conclusion of a study by public health physicians at the University of Zurich who documented for the first time the impact of behavioural factors on life expectancy in numbers. The results are to be taken over into prevention and health counselling in primary care.

8 Jul 2014

Caregivers of cancer patients can manage end-of-life treatment, decisions with help from support team

Many caregivers of terminal cancer patients suffer depression and report regret and guilt from feeling they could have done more to eliminate side effects and relieve the pain.

8 Jul 2014

Study examines whether men who ride have higher risk of erectile dysfunction, infertility, prostate cancer

Cycling is a popular activity that offers clear health benefits, but there is an ongoing controversy about whether men who ride have a higher risk of urogenital disorders such as erectile dysfunction, infertility, or prostate cancer.

8 Jul 2014

Pseudogenes may play key role in the discovery of new biomarkers

Dysfunctional, unloved and seemingly of little use, these poor-cousin relatives of genes have lost their protein-coding abilities. They contain material not essential for an organism's survival and are the "last stop" for removal of genomic waste.

8 Jul 2014

New mechanism of chemotherapy resistance in triple-negative inflammatory breast cancer

Researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have identified a mechanism of breast cancer cells that leads to chemotherapy resistance in inflammatory breast cancer.

8 Jul 2014

Insights into how cells move could lead to innovative techniques to stop spread of cancer

Insights into how cells move through the body could lead to innovative techniques to stop cancer cells from spreading and causing secondary tumours, according to new UCL research.

8 Jul 2014

Reaction Biology awarded Phase I SBIR grant to create epigenetic database

Reaction Biology Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a Phase I SBIR grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences to create a database of epigenetic drug interactions.

8 Jul 2014

CWRU receives $12.6 million from NIA to identify rare genetic variants that contribute to Alzheimer's

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine are part of a five-university collaboration receiving a $12.6 million, four-year grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to identify rare genetic variants that may either protect against, or contribute to Alzheimer's disease risk.

8 Jul 2014

Study provides new knowledge about EphA2 receptor involved in several forms of cancer

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have headed a study that provides new knowledge about the EphA2 receptor, which is significant in several forms of cancer. This is important knowledge in itself - but just as important is how this study, which is published in the highly respected journal Nature Methods, was conducted.

8 Jul 2014

Fla. hospitals on the hook for $267 million in Medicaid overpayment

The federal government says the hospitals were paid too much, and it wants the entire overage back this year. That is a tough demand for two of the state's safety-net hospitals. Meanwhile, a Florida teen battling cancer hits Capitol Hill to lobby for funding for Medicaid and other children's programs.

8 Jul 2014

Excessive belly fat: A risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Obesity, especially excessive belly fat, is a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

7 Jul 2014

Military physicians will soon pick up joysticks to save lives of children

Military physicians will soon pick up joysticks instead of textbooks to learn skills that could save lives of children with serious health threats.

7 Jul 2014

CASI's ENMD-2076 gets FDA Orphan Drug designation for HCC treatment

CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other diseases, announced today that its orally-active, Aurora A/angiogenic kinase inhibitor, ENMD-2076, has received Orphan Drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

7 Jul 2014

$FDA grants Breakthrough Therapy status to Novartis' CTL019 for treatment of relapsed/refractory ALL$

FDA grants Breakthrough Therapy status to Novartis' CTL019 for treatment of relapsed/refractory ALL

Novartis announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Therapy status to CTL019, an investigational chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapy for the treatment of pediatric and adult patients with relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (r/r ALL).

7 Jul 2014

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Latest Cancer News and Research

Researchers identify new genes that likely contribute to asthma

Doctors offer new minimally invasive system to treat patients with narrowed, failing aortic heart

Study does not find association between HPV vaccination and increased risk of blood clot

Scientists discover new compounds that could alter circadian rhythm

Oncolytics completes patient enrollment in phase II metastatic pancreatic cancer study

Novel cancer immunotherapy for dogs could benefit humans as well

Study documents impact of behavioural factors on life expectancy

Caregivers of cancer patients can manage end-of-life treatment, decisions with help from support team

Study examines whether men who ride have higher risk of erectile dysfunction, infertility, prostate cancer

Pseudogenes may play key role in the discovery of new biomarkers

New mechanism of chemotherapy resistance in triple-negative inflammatory breast cancer

Insights into how cells move could lead to innovative techniques to stop spread of cancer

Reaction Biology awarded Phase I SBIR grant to create epigenetic database

CWRU receives $12.6 million from NIA to identify rare genetic variants that contribute to Alzheimer's

Study provides new knowledge about EphA2 receptor involved in several forms of cancer

Fla. hospitals on the hook for $267 million in Medicaid overpayment

Excessive belly fat: A risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Military physicians will soon pick up joysticks to save lives of children

CASI's ENMD-2076 gets FDA Orphan Drug designation for HCC treatment

FDA grants Breakthrough Therapy status to Novartis' CTL019 for treatment of relapsed/refractory ALL

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