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Attacking Melanoma With a Combination Therapy
Study findings have implications for treating tumors lacking tumor suppressor gene PTEN.
1 hour ago - Medindia Health
Study looks at sperm producing ability in testicular cancer patients
In a study of men with testicular cancer, increasing tumor size relative to testis size was linked with a reduced ability to produce sperm.
8 hours ago - News Medical - 2 articles
FDA grants priority review to Opdivo for small cell lung cancer
The FDA granted priority review designation to nivolumab for the treatment of patients with small cell lung cancer whose disease progressed after two or more lines of therapy...
14 hours ago - Healio
Engineering a better cancer blood test to detect tumors early
A new innovative microfluidic device uses magnetic particles and wavy-herringbone design to capture and release circulating tumor cells with an 80-95% capture efficiency rate...
18 hours ago - ScienceDaily
Limb Loss: Adapting to Challenges and Hitting Milestones
There are currently over 2 million Americans living with limb loss. Pediatric limb deficiency results from birth defects, tumors, severe infections or traumatic injury...
18 hours ago - 700 Children's
Axitinib plus pembrolizumab promising for late-stage kidney cancer
Michael B. Atkins Combination therapy with axitinib plus pembrolizumab appeared promising and tolerable among patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, according to findings...
20 hours ago - Healio - 2 articles
FDA approves frontline Tagrisso for EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer
Suresh S. Ramalingam The FDA approved osimertinib for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have EGFR exon 19 deletions...
20 hours ago - Healio
Synthetic cancer indicator: An artificial mole as an early warning system
Researchers have developed an early warning system for the four most common types of cancer. Should a tumor develop, a visible mole will appear on the skin.
20 hours ago - ScienceDaily
Innovative device shows promise in capturing and releasing circulating tumor cells
For years, bioengineer Yaling Liu has been in pursuit of the deadly tumor cell. Liu has been perfecting a microfluidic device the size of two quarters that has the ability to...
23 hours ago - News Medical
Researchers develop highly specific apoptosis assay for pharmacodynamic analyses of tumor specimens
Existing microscopy-based methods of detecting apoptosis, such as TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling), have limited quantitative capabilities...
1 day ago - News Medical
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Hope for the middle-aged who suffer from hand tremors
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Autism doctor Hans Asperger ‘willingly became a cog in the Nazi killing...
The pioneering Austrian paediatrician whose name came to describe patients with Asperger's syndrome was in fact a Nazi collaborator who sent children to their deaths, new...
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STUDY: Being lesbian, gay or bisexual makes you 36% less likely to be...
The findings of a new study on human health are sure to ruffle some feathers in the LGBT community, as they show that homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgenders are much more...
Suicide, with benefits: Bizarre tech startup pitches “brain up-load” that...
A controversial startup company is looking to harvest fresh human brains. The company is called Nectome and the founders are already preying upon the suicidal, the terminally...
Heart study finds that omega-3 intake cuts your overall risk of death by a THIRD
According to a heart study, the omega-3 index could be used as a biomarker for overall risk of death and cardiovascular disease. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical...