Cancer Research

Shedding Light On Bowel Cancer

LONDON, September 8 /PRNewswire/-- An effective new method of diagnosing bowel (also known as colorectal, or large bowel) cancer using 'light' may soon be available, according to research presented at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 7 2008 - 6:32pm

Mediterranean Diet Effective In Chronic Disease Prevention

The 'Mediterranean' Diet is effective in chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, hypertension or osteoporosis,say researchers at the University of Granada. It may be possible to prevent 80% of cardiovascular diseases a ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 7 2008 - 7:50pm

Dangerous Side-Effects Of Epilepsy Drugs Reduced In New Research

LONDON, September 8 /PRNewswire/-- A breakthrough method has been found to reduce the dangerous side-effects of a medicine that successfully tackles epilepsy, according to research released at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester. Epi ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 8 2008 - 12:32am

VELCADE(R) (Black Triangle Drug) (bortezomib) Approved For Previously Untreated Multiple Myeloma

HIGH WYCOMBE, England, September 8 /PRNewswire/--- VELCADE Approved Across all Disease Stages for Broad Spectrum of Patients Janssen-Cilag / Ortho Biotech, the biopharmaceutical division of Janssen-Cilag, today announced the European Commission's app ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 8 2008 - 5:31am

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Starts Patient Enrolment In U.S. Phase 2 Clinical Trial Investigating REOLYSIN(R) In Combination With Pa

CALGARY, Canada, September 8 /PRNewswire/-- Oncolytics Biotech Inc. ("Oncolytics") (TSX:ONC, NASDAQ:ONCY) announced today that that it has started patient enrolment in a Phase 2 clinical trial using intravenous administration of REOLYSIN(R) in c ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 8 2008 - 11:31am

Water Bears Can Even Survive Unprotected In Space

Space is extremely cold, near absolute zero, and it is a vacuum, so no oxygen, plus there is the threat of lethal radiation from stars. It is considered the most hostile of environments, where unprotected humans would last for a fraction of a second. But r ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2008 - 4:33pm

'Switching Off' Skin Cancer Development

The protein IKKalpha (IKKα) regulates the cell cycle of keratinocytes and plays a key role in keeping these specialized skin cells from becoming malignant, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in Cancer Cell. Keratinoc ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2008 - 12:52pm

Glioblastoma- Cancer Genome Atlas Reports First Results

In an article in Nature, The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) has reported results from its first comprehensive study which focused on the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma. The TCGA team, comprised of more than 100 investigators from seven cancer centers and re ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2008 - 4:38pm

Worms Wiggle Into Gene Therapy

MANCHESTER, England, September 9 /PRNewswire/-- Egg secretions from a worm that causes a deadly human disease may prove useful in gene therapy, according to research presented at the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester. Gene therapy is a ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 8 2008 - 6:33pm

Not Just Smoking- Chromosome 15 Brings 5X Lunger Cancer Risk

A narrow region on chromosome 15 contains genetic variations strongly associated with familial lung cancer, says a study conducted by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other institutions in the United States and the Un ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 9 2008 - 3:39pm