Cancer Research

Retinoblastoma Breakthrough Also Shows Mature Nerves Can Multiply Like Young Ones

Retinoblastoma arises in the retina—the multi-layered, membrane lining the back of the eye that responds to light by generating nerve impulses that are carried into the brain by the optic nerve. Researchers have found that certain mutations enable specific ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 18 2007 - 1:32pm

New Polymer Drugs Will Mean Designer Therapeutics, Says Scientist

From absorbable sutures to gel-like cold-and-flu capsules, polymers have been used for years in the human body to help heal what ails us. Today, scientists are pioneering the development of new “polymer drugs”--long-chained molecules that have therapeutic ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 20 2007 - 10:50am

First European Multidisciplinary Meeting On Urological Cancers

ARNHEM, the Netherlands, October 22 /PRNewswire/-- The first European Multidisciplinary Meeting on Urological Cancers (EMUC) 'Embracing Excellence in Prostate and Kidney Cancer' is scheduled to take place in Barcelona, Spain, coming November 2 t ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 22 2007 - 3:21am

Raptor Pharmaceuticals Acquires Initial Clinical Program Establishes Subsidiary To Develop Clinical Phase Drugs

NOVATO, California, October 22 /PRNewswire/-- ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 22 2007 - 5:34am

Abbott's M2000(TM) Molecular Diagnostic Instrument And RealTime HIV-1 Test Win Chicago Innovation Award

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois, October 22 /PRNewswire/--- Abbott Innovations Honored for Third Time in Five Years Abbott (NYSE: ABT) has received a 2007 Chicago Innovation Award for its m2000(TM) molecular diagnostic instrument (www.abbott.com/global/url/content/ ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 22 2007 - 10:13am

Agendia BV Announces That Its Chief Research Officer Laura Van't Veer Has Received A 2007 Breast Cancer Research Foundation Awar

AMSTERDAM, October 22 /PRNewswire/-- Agendia BV, a world leader in the rapidly evolving field of cancer molecular diagnostics, announced today that it's Chief Research Officer Laura van 't Veer has received a prestigious 2007 Breast Cancer Resea ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 22 2007 - 10:13am

A Virtual Look At Epstein-Barr

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine in collaboration with the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have created a computer program called Pathogen Simulation (PathSim) to study the progression of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in hum ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2007 - 12:27pm

EpiCept To Present Preclinical Studies Of EPC2407 In Combination With Anti-Angiogenic And Chemotherpeutic Agents At The AACR-NCI

TARRYTOWN, New York, October 23 /PRNewswire/-- EpiCept Corporation (Nasdaq and OMX Nordic Exchange: EPCT) today announced that Dr. Ben Tseng, Chief Scientific Officer, will present the results of studies examining the combination of EPC2407 with cancer th ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 22 2007 - 8:15pm

Phase I Results Announced For R1507 From Genmab's Collaboration With Roche

COPENHAGEN, October 23 /PRNewswire/--- Roche Releases Positive Phase I Results for R1507 Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced today positive results from a Phase I study of R1507 in patients with solid tumours, conducted by its partner Roche. R1507 is a human ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 23 2007 - 4:23pm

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Approval For U.K. Clinical Trial Investigating REOLYSIN(R) In Combination With Cyclophosphamid