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A Game Changer For Lung CancerClinical Trials

A Game Changer For Lung Cancer

ALK positive lung cancer medication Xalkori superior to standard chemotherapy

October 2, 2012·3 min read
Helping Cancer Cells DieClinical Trials

Helping Cancer Cells Die

Experimental p53 reactivater impacts cancer

September 26, 2012·2 min read
The Long and Winding Cancer Clinical Trial RoadClinical Trials

The Long and Winding Cancer Clinical Trial Road

Kidney cancer drugs battling it out in clinical trials

August 31, 2012·2 min read
Pfizer Announces Alzheimer’s Disease Study ResultsClinical Trials

Pfizer Announces Alzheimer’s Disease Study Results

Co Primary Clinical Endpoints Not Met in Study

July 30, 2012·5 min read
Two Thirds of Obese Kids At Risk of Heart DiseaseClinical Trials

Two Thirds of Obese Kids At Risk of Heart Disease

Obese children have risk factors for cardiovascular disease

July 27, 2012·2 min read
Fewer Seniors Visually ImpairedClinical Trials

Fewer Seniors Visually Impaired

More seniors retaining eyesight as they age

July 22, 2012·2 min read
Investigational Agent Outperforms Chemotherapy  Clinical Trials

Investigational Agent Outperforms Chemotherapy

Melanoma with BRAF mutations respond to trametinib

July 17, 2012·1 min read
"Death Carrot" Comes to CancerClinical Trials

"Death Carrot" Comes to Cancer

Prostate cancer tumors cut in half by drug derived from a weed

July 12, 2012·3 min read
Nano Clot-Buster Targets BlockageClinical Trials

Nano Clot-Buster Targets Blockage

Nanotherapeutic sends clot busters to specific artery blockage

July 10, 2012·2 min read
Drug May Aid Patients With Rare AnemiaClinical Trials

Drug May Aid Patients With Rare Anemia

Eltrombopag shows benefit in patients with aplastic anemia

July 10, 2012·2 min read
Intriguing Pancreatic Cancer Study Clinical Trials

Intriguing Pancreatic Cancer Study

Pancreatic cancer in mice shrinks with novel chemotherapy

July 9, 2012·2 min read
Stem Cells Could Reverse Type 1Clinical Trials

Stem Cells Could Reverse Type 1

Type 1 diabetic mice no longer need insulin treatment after stem cell transplantation

July 8, 2012·2 min read
Experimental Drug Drops Clot RiskClinical Trials

Experimental Drug Drops Clot Risk

Vorapaxar lowers PAD blood clot risk but increases chance of serious bleeding

June 25, 2012·2 min read
Banishing HPV-Related CancersClinical Trials

Banishing HPV-Related Cancers

HPV cancers in mice eradicated with synthetic vaccine

June 21, 2012·2 min read
Big Genetic Research for Small PatientsClinical Trials

Big Genetic Research for Small Patients

Medulloblastoma in children shows genetic basis in genes DDX3X EZH2 and KDM6A

June 20, 2012·3 min read
Blood Relatives of Breast CancerClinical Trials

Blood Relatives of Breast Cancer

Breast cancer risks amplified with high levels of AML methylation

June 19, 2012·2 min read
Radiation for Advanced Prostate CancerClinical Trials

Radiation for Advanced Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer treatment using radium 223 chloride shows longer survival

June 17, 2012·2 min read
Still the Right DecisionClinical Trials

Still the Right Decision

Gastrointestinal stromal cancer treatment with sutent approval controversy

June 15, 2012·3 min read
Cancer Drug LimboClinical Trials

Cancer Drug Limbo

Kidney cancer metastasis drug dovitinib beats sunitinib in mice

June 11, 2012·2 min read
Targeting Leukemia's Kill SwitchClinical Trials

Targeting Leukemia's Kill Switch

Leukemia treatment with selective BCL2 inhibitors overcomes cancer resistance

June 11, 2012·2 min read
Upcoming Lung Cancer DrugsClinical Trials

Upcoming Lung Cancer Drugs

Non small cell lung cancer treatment trial successes with xalkori and BMS-936558

June 7, 2012·3 min read
Head and Neck Cancer Presentation HighlightsClinical Trials

Head and Neck Cancer Presentation Highlights

The field of head and neck cancer from ASCO 2012

June 7, 2012·3 min read
Potential for Hormone-Free Male "Pill"Clinical Trials

Potential for Hormone-Free Male "Pill"

Male contraception drugs without the side effects may be possible

June 7, 2012·2 min read
Spotting Heart Disease Early in RA PatientsClinical Trials

Spotting Heart Disease Early in RA Patients

Ultrasounds pinpoint early heart disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients

June 5, 2012·2 min read