Cancer Research

Are We Losing The War On Cancer?

Imagine that instead of setting out to invent a better lightbulb, Thomas Edison had announced his intention to invent a light-emitting diode that you could use to illuminate your kitchen. This isn't completely far-fetched: the first examples of light- ...

Article - Michael White - Sep 9 2008 - 4:16pm

Roche To Present Data Showing Progress In Treating Lung, Gastric And Brain Cancers At ESMO

BASEL, Switzerland, September 10 /PRNewswire/--- 100+ Abstracts on Roche Medicines Feature at This Congress More than 100 Roche abstracts have been accepted for the biggest cancer congress in Europe, the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), which ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 10 2008 - 12:32am

Glucophage(R) Powder For Oral Solution In Sachet Receives Positive Opinion For Approval In Europe

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 10 /PRNewswire/--- Innovative Formulation of Metformin Allows a Rapid Dissolution and may Contribute to Better Adherence to Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced t ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 10 2008 - 6:32am

Nature Editors on the Complexity and Simplicity of Cancer

Tomorrow's issue of Nature discusses the next steps in cancer research (subscription required for the full text): A tumour cell is a genetic disaster area littered with mutations that differ not only from one type of cancer to the next, but from one p ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 22 2008 - 10:40pm

Diva TV Announces Stand Up 2 Cancer Special

LONDON, September 11 /PRNewswire/--- Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Ellen DeGeneres, Leona Lewis and Jessica Alba Help Raise US$100m Diva TV will be showing the UK premiere of a Stand Up 2 Cancer one-hour special on Friday 12 September (21:00). The fundra ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 11 2008 - 9:31am

Want To Know What The Inside Of The Body Really Looks Like? It Takes This 35-Ton Beast

In hospitals and clinics, magnetic resonance imaging is quite common today. Clinicians like it because it shows much better images of soft tissues than computed tomography (CT) and uses no ionizing radiation. What it does use is a powerful magnetic field. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 12 2008 - 10:42am

CDK8 Gene Implicated In Many Colon Cancers

Demonstrating that despite the large number of cancer-causing genes already identified, many more remain to be found, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have linked a previously unsuspected gene, CDK8, to colon cancer. The discovery of CDK8's ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 14 2008 - 10:33pm

Emerging Therapies, Including Bristol-Myers Squibb/Medarex's Ipilimumab, Will Drive Growth In The Malignant Melanoma Drug Market

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, September 15 /PRNewswire/--- Interviewed Experts Lack Confidence in Malignant Melanoma Cancer Vaccines as a Result of Recently Published Data, According to a New Report from Decision Resources Decision Resources, one of the world&# ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 15 2008 - 2:32am

Genes Associated With Childhood Brain Cancer Ependymoma Identified

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have isolated three important genes involved in the development of a type of childhood brain cancer. The breakthrough is revealed in a study published in the British Journal of Cancer today. Researchers from the ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2008 - 9:39am

InNexus Lead Candidate DXL625 Outperforms Rituxan In Additional Animal Studies

BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada, September 16 /PRNewswire/--- Biotech Begins to Demonstrate Strategy to Expand NHL Marketplace with Novel Antibody and Speedy DXL Screening Preclinical Development Program- InNexus Biotechnology Inc. (TSX VENTURE: IXS; OTC Bulleti ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 16 2008 - 9:31am