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Friday, October 31st, 2008
Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ARWR) announced that its majority owned subsidiary, Calando Pharmaceuticals, a leading siRNA therapeutics company, submitted an investigational new drug application (IND) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to initiate a Phase I clinical trial using their lead anti-cancer compound, CALAA-01. “Calando’s technology addresses a primary obstacle to the use of siRNA […]
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered that a gene associated with human breast stem cells can stimulate development of mammary cells by activating two critical cancer pathways. (Link)
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) — Zometa (zoledronic acid)prevented bone loss at 12 months in premenopausal women undergoingchemotherapy after they had surgery for early stage breast cancer, a newstudy found. (Link)
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — A new technique for findingand analyzing stray cancer cells in the blood of lung cancer patients maymake it possible for doctors to one day not only determine the genetic"signature" of particular tumors but to monitor changes in those cells andadjust treatments accordingly. (Link)
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Sometimes healthy cells commit suicide. In the 1970s, scientists showed that a type of programmed cell death called apoptosis plays a key role in development, and the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognized their work. As apoptotic cells degrade, they display standard characteristics, including irregular bulges in the membrane and nuclear fragmentation. […]
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Reuters - Patients with incurable cancer are often not clearly informed of what they stand to gain from palliative chemotherapy, according to the study results published in BMJ Online First. As a result, British investigators say, patients may lack sufficient knowledge make a decision based on informed consent. (Link)
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
A unique, multidisciplinary clinic designed for current and former smokers to help them assess the condition of their lungs and to get them started down the road to quitting will open this Friday at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. The clinic also is for current and former smokers diagnosed with a precancerous lung nodule that […]
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Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Today, HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,compiled by editors of HealthDay: (Link)
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Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Reuters - Survivors of childhood cancer who had aggressive chemotherapy are at increased risk of structural and functional heart problems, a new study indicates. (Link)
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have uncovereda genetic link between obesity and the risk for colon cancer. Thediscovery could lead to greater accuracy in predicting who is at risk forthe disease, experts say. (Link)
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