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Researchers reveal how protein acts as brake against pathological growth of heart muscle

Cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of death in the Western world, with heart failure representing the fastest-growing subclass over the past decade.

12 May 2014

Experimental antibody temporarily halts progression of neuroblastoma in children

Tumors shrank or disappeared and disease progression was temporarily halted in 15 children with advanced neuroblastoma enrolled in a safety study of an experimental antibody produced at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

9 May 2014

Comer Children's Hospital offers high-dose radiation therapy for relapsed neuroblastoma

The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital has become the first in Illinois to offer pioneering, targeted, high-dose, intravenous radiation therapy for relapsed neuroblastoma and other difficult-to-treat cancers.

9 May 2014

Researchers discover new mechanism that distinguishes normal blood stem cells from blood cancers

Researchers at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center have published results from a study Cell Reports that discovers a new mechanism that distinguishes normal blood stem cells from blood cancers.

9 May 2014

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center finds novel treatment to keep lung cancer at bay

An old idea of retreating lung tumors with radiation is new again, especially with the technological advances seen in radiation oncology over the last decade.

9 May 2014

Clovis Oncology reports net loss of $30.7 million for first quarter 2014

Clovis Oncology, Inc. reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014, and provided an update on the Company's clinical development programs for the rest of 2014.

9 May 2014

Study finds premature menopause associated with long-term negative effects on cognitive function

Premature menopause is associated with long-term negative effects on cognitive function, suggests a new study published today (7 May) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (BJOG).

8 May 2014

Ligand's total revenues increase 37% to $16.0 million in first quarter 2014

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2014, and provided an operating forecast and program updates.

7 May 2014

Molecular subtyping provides insights into how to treat breast cancer

New evidence showing that the MammaPrint® and BluePrint® tests provide insights into how to treat breast cancer was presented at the annual conference of the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS).

7 May 2014

Johns Hopkins to use $65 million gift to expand Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins will use a $65 million gift toward the construction of a new patient care building that will be named for the late Albert P. “Skip” Viragh, Jr., a Maryland mutual fund investment leader and philanthropist.

7 May 2014

Bristol-Myers Squibb to present new immunotherapy study data at ASCO Annual Meeting

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced that new data from studies investigating its immunotherapies in adjuvant and advanced melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) will be presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago from May 30-June 3.

6 May 2014

Compounds in soy sauce can be 70 times more potent than first-line HIV drug Tenofovir

For HIV patients being treated with anti-AIDS medications, resistance to drug therapy regimens is commonplace. Often, patients develop resistance to first-line drug therapies, such as Tenofovir, and are forced to adopt more potent medications.

6 May 2014

Scientists develop bone marrow-on-a-chip to test effects of new drugs, toxic agents on bone marrow

The latest organ-on-a-chip from Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering reproduces the structure, functions and cellular make-up of bone marrow, a complex tissue that until now could only be studied intact in living animals, Institute researchers report in the May 4, 2014, online issue of Nature Methods.

6 May 2014

MEI Pharma begins ME-344 Phase Ib clinical study in patients with solid tumors

MEI Pharma, Inc., an oncology company focused on the clinical development of novel therapies for cancer, announced today that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase Ib clinical study of its investigational mitochondrial inhibitor drug candidate ME-344 in combination with Hycamtin (topotecan) in patients with solid tumors, including small cell lung and ovarian cancers.

6 May 2014

Research: Novel therapeutic approach to overcome chemoresistance in ovarian cancer

Inhibiting enzymes that cause changes in gene expression could decrease chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer patients, researchers at Georgia State University and the University of Georgia say.

5 May 2014

UAMS receives $1.8M grant to lead new treatments for herpes viruses and cancers

A surprise discovery that could lead to new treatments for herpes viruses that infect more than 90 percent of the world's adult population has led to a $1.8 million grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

5 May 2014

Biotech to the rescue

MIT professor Ram Sasisekharan's three biotech companies — Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Cerulean Pharma, and Visterra — share a similar goal.

1 May 2014

Human fat: A Trojan horse to fight brain cancer?

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have successfully used stem cells derived from human body fat to deliver biological treatments directly to the brains of mice with the most common and aggressive form of brain tumor, significantly extending their lives.

1 May 2014

Researchers create tiny, biodegradable nanoparticles that carry DNA to brain cancer cells

Working together, Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers and neurosurgeons report that they have created tiny, biodegradable “nanoparticles” able to carry DNA to brain cancer cells in mice.

30 Apr 2014

Gene expression profiling tests play critical role in women’s chemotherapy decision

Gene expression profiling tests play a critical role when women with early-stage breast cancer decide whether to have chemotherapy, but many of them do not fully understand what some of the test results mean, new research suggests.

29 Apr 2014

Chemotherapy News and Research

Latest Chemotherapy News and Research

Researchers reveal how protein acts as brake against pathological growth of heart muscle

Experimental antibody temporarily halts progression of neuroblastoma in children

Comer Children's Hospital offers high-dose radiation therapy for relapsed neuroblastoma

Researchers discover new mechanism that distinguishes normal blood stem cells from blood cancers

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center finds novel treatment to keep lung cancer at bay

Clovis Oncology reports net loss of $30.7 million for first quarter 2014

Study finds premature menopause associated with long-term negative effects on cognitive function

Ligand's total revenues increase 37% to $16.0 million in first quarter 2014

Molecular subtyping provides insights into how to treat breast cancer

Johns Hopkins to use $65 million gift to expand Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Bristol-Myers Squibb to present new immunotherapy study data at ASCO Annual Meeting

Compounds in soy sauce can be 70 times more potent than first-line HIV drug Tenofovir

Scientists develop bone marrow-on-a-chip to test effects of new drugs, toxic agents on bone marrow

MEI Pharma begins ME-344 Phase Ib clinical study in patients with solid tumors

Research: Novel therapeutic approach to overcome chemoresistance in ovarian cancer

UAMS receives $1.8M grant to lead new treatments for herpes viruses and cancers

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Human fat: A Trojan horse to fight brain cancer?

Researchers create tiny, biodegradable nanoparticles that carry DNA to brain cancer cells

Gene expression profiling tests play critical role in women’s chemotherapy decision

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