Cancer Research

Study: Antioxidants May Provide DNA Radiation Protection Too

Two common dietary molecules found in legumes and bran could protect DNA from the harmful effects of radiation, researchers from the University of Maryland report. Inositol and inositol hexaphosphate (IP6) protected both human skin cells and a skin cancer- ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2007 - 1:54am

Rheumatoid Arthritis Gene Identified

University of Manchester researchers have identified a genetic variant in a region on chromosome 6 that is associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common inflammatory arthritis affecting 387,000 people in the UK. Professor Jane Worthington and ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2007 - 1:59am

IBM's World Community Grid Will Do 162 Years Of Cancer Research In Under 2

World Community Grid is the largest public humanitarian grid with more than 333,000-plus members and links to more than 780,000 computers. Eight projects have been run on World Community Grid to date, including protein folding and FightAIDS@Home, which com ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2007 - 7:20pm

55 Cancri: Now One Other Star Has At Least 5 Known Planets

Astronomers funded in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced their discovery of a fifth planet around the nearby star 55 Cancri, making it the only star aside from the sun known to have five planets. The research results have been ac ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2007 - 10:29pm

The Genetic Genesis Of Fat Cells

Obesity is a well known risk factor for prostate, breast and colon cancer, but recent studies have shown that a protein responsible for generating fat cells also plays an important role in cancer. Researchers at the Genome Institute of Singapore have condu ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 7 2007 - 12:11am

Merck Serono Submits European Marketing Authorization Application For Sapropterin As A Treatment For Hyperphenylalaninemia

GENEVA, Switzerland, November 8 /PRNewswire/--- Treatment of Hyperphenylalaninemia Due to Phenylketonuria or BH4 Deficiency is an Important Unmet Medical Need; There is Currently no Approved Drug in Europe to Treat These Inborn Errors of Metabolism- Sapro ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 8 2007 - 2:48am

FDA Approval Of Easypod(R): New Electronic Growth Hormone Injection Device

GENEVA, Switzerland, November 8 /PRNewswire/--- Innovative Device Designed for Simple Everyday Use by Patients and Caregivers Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, announced today that its US affiliate, EMD Serono, Inc. received US Food and Drug Adminis ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 8 2007 - 2:48am

4SC Publishes Results For The Third Quarter

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Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 8 2007 - 3:18am

Rosetta Genomics Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results

REHOVOT, Israel, November 8 /PRNewswire/--- Completed Prevalidation Phase for First Diagnostic Product; Initiation of In-Vivo Studies in Liver Cancer Therapeutic Program Expected to Begin by End of Fourth Quarter- Additional Results in Lung Cancer and in ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 8 2007 - 7:52am

Media Advisory- Oncolytics Biotech Inc. To Present At BIO-Europe 2007

CALGARY, Canada, November 8 /PRNewswire/-- Dr. Brad Thompson, President and CEO of Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX: ONC) (NASDAQ: ONCY), will present a corporate overview of the Company at the BIO-Europe 2007 13th Annual International Partnering Conference o ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 8 2007 - 8:22am