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NY considers creating 'organ-removal' ambulance
Not a bad idea, but getting the ambulance across midtown traffic in the rush hour is still going to be challenging.
Oncology Market Trends
A new blog - developments in the science and biology of cancer disease
Maltreatment in Childhood Linked to Depression, Inflammation
A new study suggests that being maltreated in childhood contributes to the co-occurrence of depression and inflammation later in life.
The Scientist : Heading for the BIG Time [2008-04-01]
Integrating cancer data using bioinformatics... a new cool and interesting approach.
Gleevec Pushes Advanced Melanoma Into Remission
Malignant melanoma is almost impossible to treat and so understanding the biology of the disease may lead to improved therapies. Gleevec is known to target the KIT mutation and so the finding that KIT is mutated in melanoma would make it a logical choice
New markers for Prostate Cancer
Researchers identify 12 genetic markers believed to be linked to prostate cancer. There is a strong family history associated with the disease so linking biomarkers to the disease would enable better screening and early detection, saving thousands of liv
Embryos created with DNA from 3 people
Scientists are so naive sometimes... this reminds me of the some of the theoretical physicists developing the ideas behind the atom bomb - and they didn't think it might be used for more sinister purposes?
Fight looms over global AIDS program
You would think something like global health would be easy even for the politicians...
HIV - The modern scourge
New developments in understanding the biology may lead to a breakthrough in HIV treatment in the future!
Court declines experimental drugs case
These cases are always sad - there is no evidence that giving drugs to terminally ill cancer patients will cure them. Potentially prolong their life by a few days or weeks, but the end result is likely to be the same. Sometimes, allowing patients to die
Press Releases - American Society of Hematology
A few years ago, survival from chronic myeloid leukemia was 3-4 years; with new therapies patients are now living 6 years after failure of interferon, so that's about 10 years in total. An incredible improvement!
'Velcade, lenalidomide and dexamethasone combo show promise for multiple myeloma'
New combinations are the way forward in the treatment of cancer - targeting different aspects of the cancer cell may help reduce resistance. For example, the Rev/Vel/Dex combo in myeloma looks very promising indeed.
Cell 'Addiction' to Growth Factors May Help Spur Cancers - Yahoo! News
"It means we might be able to do something about at-risk cells before cancer develops and treat these cells biochemically, and specifically, rather than using current drugs that are nonspecific and kill everything in their path." Now that sounds almost
Hospital makes 3rd brain surgery mistake - Yahoo! News
Scary stuff!! Makes you wonder how such a thing can happen. Who said the USA leads the world in medical care? I think not!
TED | Talks | Eva Vertes: My dream about the future of medicine (video)
Could cancer be caused by the body's own repair system going awry?
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