Humira shown to be an effective treatment for non-radiographic axial...
Abbott announced today, at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago, the results of their Phase-3 ABILITY-1 trial for the study of HUMIRA. The drug is used to treat...
View ArticleUniversity of Michigan creates new cancer monitoring technique
University of Michigan researchers have created a new technique to monitor single, liquid-suspended cancer cells in real-time. Typically, circulating tumor cells are difficult to monitor because they...
View ArticleInherited mutation links exploding chromosomes to cancer
An inherited mutation is likely the link between exploding chromosomes and some aggressive types of cancer. Looking at the complete genome sequence of childhood brain tumors, scientists found one or...
View ArticleCancer genes differ in different parts of a tumor
Taking a sample from just one part of a tumor may not give a full picture of its ‘genetic landscape’, according to a landmark study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The findings could...
View ArticleWorldâs tallest man stops growing
The world’s tallest man seems to have stopped growing after treatment at the University of Virginia (UVA) Medical Center. 8-foot-3-inch Sultan Kosen of Turkey has been making trips to Virginia for...
View ArticleGene known to protect against cancer can also promote tumor growth
Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre have discovered a gene that can simultaneously protect against cancer and favor its growth. The team wished to ascertain whether the...
View ArticleCancer cells send out the alarm on tumor-killing virus
Brain tumor cells infected with a cancer-killing virus release a protein that warns other tumor cells of the impending infection and enables them to mount a defense against the virus, according to a...
View ArticleMedical Nova Weekly: Top five trends for 3/12-3/16
Here's your weekly summary of the top medical news of the week! CellTex scandal breakdown: Stem cells, Rick Perry and the FDA There has been an explosion of news suggesting an illegal stem cell...
View ArticleScientists link two cancer-promoting pathways in esophageal cancer
Identification of a non-traditional pathway for spiriting a cancer-promoting protein into the cell nucleus points to a possible combination therapy for esophageal cancer and indicates a mechanism of...
View ArticleNew cryoablation treatment freezes breast cancer tumors
Researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiation’s Annual Scientific Meeting discussed a treatment that could freeze and destroy metastatic breast cancer tumors. Percutaneous cryoablation...
View ArticleResearchers halt the growth of invasive brain tumors in animal model
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University have designed a new approach that could be used in treating patients with invasive brain tumors. They were able to halt the...
View ArticleStudy shows how to halt lung cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths because of the difficulty in halting the proliferation of lung tumors which, is controlled by the development of blood vessels. Scientists from the...
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