Gene Vaccine Protects Mice Against Development Of Her2/neu Breast Cancer
Based on successful animal studies, a novelvaccine that uses immune cells as factories to produce Her2/neu proteinmay offer a way to treat some human breast cancers, say researchers atThe University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. [Ed : is a protein often present / surexpressed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/...HER2plus Control Slides from European Collection of Cell Cultures (ECACC)
Description:The European Collection of Cell Cultures (ECACC) in conjunction with the Univeristy of the West of the West of England, Bristol, UK, have produced standardised cell lines for the quality control of HER2, oestrogen and progresterone receptor assays. The slides consist of paraffin wax sections of formalin fixed, breast cancer cell lines; MDA-MD-361, T47D, MCF and the ovarian cell line SKOV-3. Thi...HercepTest with Reflex to HER2/neu by FISH if 2+, 3+
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 4, 2007 - Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA)today announced updated results from a joint analysis of two PhaseIII clinical trials studying Herceptin(R) (trastuzumab) for theadjuvant treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer. Data presentedat the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of ClinicalOncology (ASCO) showed that, with median follow-up of nearly threeyears...