Cancer Research

England Footballer Geoff Thomas Demands Government Funding To Beat Leukeamia

LONDON, June 5 /PRNewswire/--- With Photo Former England footballer, Geoff Thomas is pressing the Government for urgently needed cash to develop and deliver new leukaemia treatments. Thomas, a leukaemia survivor himself, is leading a presentation to the A ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 5 2008 - 8:33am

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Starts Patient Enrolment In U.K. Phase II Clinical Trial Investigating REOLYSIN(R) In Combination With P

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Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 5 2008 - 11:30am

Ending Cervical Cancer Featured At Summit; QIAGEN CEO Issues A Call To Global Women Leaders

HANOI, Vietnam, June 6 /PRNewswire/-- QIAGEN was featured this week for its efforts to eliminate cervical cancer at the 14th annual Global Summit of Women in Hanoi, Vietnam. CEO Peer Schatz came to this prominent international platform to issue a call to ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 6 2008 - 8:32am

Moving From Chemistry To The Mechanics Of Cell Dynamics

Biology remains a wide-open field because it has accomplished a lot but still has a long way to go. The dominant view in cellular behavior, for example, has been that it is largely chemistry-driven but there is increasing recognition that the mechanical as ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 6 2008 - 12:54pm

Smile, You're On Esophageal Candy Camera

Seeing images inside the body is nothing new, either with an endoscope or even a camera the size of a candy. In the case of a camera, the inside of the intestine can be seen as it makes its way through the intestine and transmits images of the intestinal v ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 8 2008 - 7:30am

Merck Serono's Rebif(R) Celebrates 10th Anniversary

GENEVA, Switzerland, June 10 /PRNewswire/--- A Decade Dedicated to Helping People With Multiple Sclerosis- Extensive Research and Development Activities Underscore Long-Term Commitment to Improving the Lives of People With Multiple Sclerosis Merck's ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 10 2008 - 2:32am

Merck Serono Strengthens Its Prescription Medicines Portfolio In Latin America

GENEVA, Switzerland, June 10 /PRNewswire/--- Merck Serono to Commercialize Portfolio of Established Pharmaceutical Medicines From Bristol-Myers Squibb in Latin America ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 10 2008 - 5:30am

New Meta-Analysis Confirms Safety Profile For NeoRecormon In Treating Anaemia In Cancer Patients

BASEL, Switzerland, June 11 /PRNewswire/--- Data Published in the British Journal of Cancer Reports That NeoRecormon use has no Negative Impact on Overall Survival or Tumour Progression A new meta-analysis of all 12 prospective, randomised, controlled stu ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 11 2008 - 12:32am

BioWa Licenses POTELLIGENT(R) Technology To Major Pharmaceutical Company For Use In Antibody Research And Development

PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 11 /PRNewswire/-- BioWa, Inc. announced today that it has licensed its POTELLIGENT(R) Technology to Novartis for the development of antibody therapeutics with enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). The licens ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 11 2008 - 5:30am

The Hidden World Of Protein Folding

The proteins upon which life depends share an attribute with paper airplanes: Unless folded properly, they just won't fly. But researchers have been puzzled by how the long, linear proteins cranked out by the ribosome factories in a cell are folded in ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 11 2008 - 8:54pm