Cancer Research

Merck Serono And ZymoGenetics Restructure Partnership

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 3 /PRNewswire/--- Merck Serono Now Has Exclusive Worldwide Development and Commercialisation Rights to atacicept, Including in North America Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and ZymoGenetics, Inc. ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 3 2008 - 5:30am

A Boost For Bayes: Cross-validation And Bootstrapping Worthless For Small Sample Data, Say Researchers

Today there is rapidly growing interest in 'intelligent' computer-based methods that use various classes of measurement signals, from different patient samples, for instance, to create a model for classifying new observations. This type of method ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 3 2008 - 10:19am

Merck Serono And Ablynx Enter Into An Agreement To Co-Discover And Co-Develop Nanobodies(R)

GENEVA, September 4 /PRNewswire/--- Merck Serono and Ablynx to Equally Contribute to Discover and Develop Nanobodies(R) Against two Targets in Oncology and Immunology and Equally Share the Resulting Profits Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstad ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 4 2008 - 12:33am

The National Cancer Institute Joins The Global Community Of Scientists Now Using BIOMARKERcenter From Thomson Reuters

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, September 4 /PRNewswire/-- Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has joined the community of scientis ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 4 2008 - 7:30am

Down Syndrome Affects Embryonic Stem Cells

Down Syndrome (DS) belongs to the group of conditions called 'aneuploidies', defined by an abnormal loss or gain of genetic material, i.e. fragments of chromosomes or whole chromosomes. Aneuploidies cause congenital anomalies that are a prime cau ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 4 2008 - 12:26pm

White House Announces 2007 National Medal Of Science Laureates

The National Medal of Science is the nation's highest honor for science and engineering. President George W. Bush has named the recipients of the 2007 National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for science and engineering. Honorees wil ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 4 2008 - 10:44pm

33rd ESMO Congress In Stockholm, 12-16 September 2008

LUGANO, Switzerland, September 5 /PRNewswire/-- The 33rd ESMO Congress in Stockholm, the premier European congress in Oncology, serves as a meeting place for medical oncologists, as well as a focal point to exchange ideas with colleagues from other discip ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 5 2008 - 5:30am

Positive SPA Reply From The FDA For TopoTarget's Pivotal Trial With Belinostat In PTCL

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, September 5 /PRNewswire/--- Update on the Regulatory Strategy for Belinostat in PTCL COPENHAGEN, Denmark, September 5 /PRNewswire/-- TopoTarget A/S (OMX: TOPO) announced that a positive reply from the FDA was received on a Special Pro ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 5 2008 - 10:33am

Cake That Can Ward Off Cancer? We Just Joined The Health Food Bandwagon

Staying healthy is a tasteless job. Linseed is said to protect against cancer, for example, but not many people like the taste. Researchers have now isolated the valuable components of the flax seeds so when they are incorporated in bread, cakes or dressin ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 5 2008 - 5:21pm

Atomic Structure Of Fatty Acid A Step Toward Anti-Obesity Drugs

Mammalian fatty acid synthase is one of the most complex molecular synthetic machines in human cells. It is also a promising target for the development of anti-cancer and anti-obesity drugs and the treatment of metabolic disorders. Now researchers at ETH ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 6 2008 - 12:00am