Cancer Research

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

A Mathematical Formula For Cancer Progression

Tumor progression can now be mapped less to mathematical standards and more to individual patients according to a new study by researchers at Harvard and Johns Hopkins Universities. The study provides a new paradigm in calculating tumor development, showin ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 9 2007 - 1:24am