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Researchers Find New Target for Anti-cancer Drugs

...dels, therapies based on targeting IL-6 in cancers driven by the ras oncogene could be tested in humans in the near future. A biotechnology company has already developed a monoclonal antibody specific to IL-6 which could be used to neutralize IL-6. A phase II trial is underway testing a monoclonal antibod...

Tumours in Dogs may Give Insight into Human Cancer Development

...samples from a tissue bank to carry out hypothesis driven immunohistochemical studies to look at tumour metabolism, he said. Experts believe that research into canine cancer is easier because of the dog's extensive pedigree information. They say that this may be crucial in identifying the underlying geneti...

Cancer Cures for Canines

...samples from a tissue bank to carry out hypothesis driven immunohistochemical studies to look at tumour metabolism. Certain breeds of dog are known to develop certain types of cancer. For instance Osteosarcoma (bone cancer) is common in the Greyhound and the Rottweiler. It is also the sixth most common c...

White House Hid, Minimized Health Reports: Ex-surgeon General

... or marginalizing the voice of science for reasons driven by changing political winds." Carmona said he was also dissuaded from attending the Paralympics, because the games were linked to a family of leading Democrats with links to the Kennedy political dynasty. "I was specifically told by a senior pers...

Male Wallflowers-Watch Your Heart

... common among type A personalities people who are driven workaholics and prone to stress and anger. Type C people on the other hand face an increased risk of cancer on account of their suppressing their feelings. Studies have also linked increased risk of heart attack and stroke with type D personality, wh...

Gene Therapy Eradicates Pancreatic Cancer in Mice

... gene delivered via a less-targeted viral promoter driven expression system employing cytomegalovirus (CMV) died within 90 days. However, the VISA-BikDD mice lived longer in both trials, with at least half surviving for 14 months with no detectable sign of cancer recurrence. The researchers involved a pan...

Trade Unionists Join Polish Nurses' Protest

...et a better hourly rate. Financial problems have driven thousands from Poland's medical profession to take better-paid health service jobs in other EU member states, notably Britain, Ireland and Nordic nations, unions say....

Irish Outsourcing of Smear Test may Result in Cervical Cancer Being Undetected

...n Begas said the move by the HSE was purely system driven and did not take into account the fact that the method of reporting results in the US differs from that used by Irish doctors. Doctors now have to make judgment calls about some results, said Ms Begas. Effectively, US labs use a different languag...

Dow Acquires Wolff Walsrode from Bayer

...l deliver considerable top line synergies for Dow, driven by application expertise and worldwide growth in d...lymers business to create a new specialty business driven to become the preferred development partner and premier application expert in the cellulosics indust...

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