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Researchers observer proteins important in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's moving along axons

Using a novel video-imaging system, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have been able to observe proteins important in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease moving along axons, extensions of nerve cells that carry proteins away from the cell body.

18 Apr 2007

Factors that dictate risk of developing primary or secondary cancer

Every day, people make assumptions, educated and not, about their risk for developing cancer.

18 Apr 2007

Vaccine halts progression of pancreatic cancer in some patients

A dendritic cell-based therapeutic vaccine for pancreatic cancer developed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has successfully stalled the disease from progressing in a handful of patients three years post-vaccination.

18 Apr 2007

Oncolytics Biotech researchers demonstrate reovirus/gemcitabine

Oncolytics Biotech announced that a poster by Dr. Maureen E. Lane et al. of Cornell University, New York , entitled "In Vivo Synergy between Oncolytic Reovirus and Gemcitabine in Ras-Mutated Human HCT116 Xenografts" was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA.

18 Apr 2007

OncoGenex Technologies announces data from a Phase II clinical trial of OGX-011

The primary objective of this study was to assess the objective response rates (reduction in tumor size) when OGX-011 is combined with docetaxel in patients with metastatic or locally recurrent breast cancer.

18 Apr 2007

World's first MRI-compatible surgical robot

Surgery is about to change with the introduction of a new surgical robotic system at the University of Calgary/Calgary Health Region.

18 Apr 2007

Bacteria barge inside guard cells and initiate a powerful immune response

Immune cells that are the body's front-line defense don't necessarily rest quietly until invading bacteria lock onto receptors on their outside skins and rouse them to action, as previously thought.

18 Apr 2007

Nanoparticles could damage DNA and lead to cancer

Tissue studies indicate that nanoparticles, engineered materials about a billionth of a meter in size, could damage DNA and lead to cancer, according to research presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

18 Apr 2007

Nanoparticle delivery system delivers cancer-suppressing gene in M. D. Anderson trial

A cancer-suppressing gene has been successfully delivered into the tumors of stage 4 lung cancer patients via an intravenously administered lipid nanoparticle in a phase I clinical trial at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

18 Apr 2007

Immunomedics presents results on novel immunotoxin for prostate and lung cancers

Immunomedics has presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research results on the in vitro and in vivo evaluation of a novel immunotoxin, Rap-hRS7, for the potential treatment of prostate and lung cancers.

18 Apr 2007

More effective therapies for individual cancers - personalized medicine

Genetic and epigenetic variations ensure that no two people are exactly alike, and the same holds true for any two cancers.

18 Apr 2007

Scientists tackle cancer with different approaches

Studies presented at the 2007 meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research show how researchers are using the new, as well as the natural, to help design and test new drugs to treat cancer.

18 Apr 2007

Tests predict outcome of antibiotic therapy for infections in persons with diabetes

Researchers from the University of Washington, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Merck Laboratories, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine have released a study suggesting that specific laboratory and clinical tests can predict outcome of antibiotic therapy for infections in persons with diabetes.

18 Apr 2007

Scientists isolate enzyme that could be used to predict survival for nasopharyngeal cancer

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center scientists, in collaboration with Chinese researchers, have isolated an enzyme that could be used to predict survival and recurrence rates for nasopharyngeal cancer -- a common cancer affecting people from Southeast Asia.

18 Apr 2007

Cell Therapeutics settles law suit with Government

Cell Therapeutics has announced that it has settled all government claims arising out of a Department of Justice investigation into allegations regarding alleged overpayments by Medicare to doctors who prescribed the anti-cancer drug, TRISENOX.

18 Apr 2007

Cell Genesys reports data from clinical trials of GVAX immunotherapy for prostate cancer

Evaluation of antibody responses in patients with advanced prostate cancer from these studies shows that the GVAX cell-based immunotherapy induces antibody responses to a broad array of prostate cancer- associated antigens, including some not previously known to be associated with prostate cancer.

18 Apr 2007

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Latest T Cell News and Research

Researchers observer proteins important in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's moving along axons

Factors that dictate risk of developing primary or secondary cancer

Vaccine halts progression of pancreatic cancer in some patients

Oncolytics Biotech researchers demonstrate reovirus/gemcitabine

OncoGenex Technologies announces data from a Phase II clinical trial of OGX-011

World's first MRI-compatible surgical robot

Bacteria barge inside guard cells and initiate a powerful immune response

Nanoparticles could damage DNA and lead to cancer

Nanoparticle delivery system delivers cancer-suppressing gene in M. D. Anderson trial

Immunomedics presents results on novel immunotoxin for prostate and lung cancers

More effective therapies for individual cancers - personalized medicine

Scientists tackle cancer with different approaches

Tests predict outcome of antibiotic therapy for infections in persons with diabetes

Scientists isolate enzyme that could be used to predict survival for nasopharyngeal cancer

Cell Therapeutics settles law suit with Government

Cell Genesys reports data from clinical trials of GVAX immunotherapy for prostate cancer

Taking a jab at cancer by stimulating the immune system

Bioluminescence part of new imaging technique

Better understanding of membrane fusion

Avalon Pharmaceuticals announces results of AVN944 biomarker study

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