News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 9, 2014
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expediting its review of pacritinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor with activity ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 8, 2014
Patients who received carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone lived 8.7 months longer without progression than patients who received only lenalid...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 8, 2014
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New research suggests DNA ligase 3 is crucial for the evolutionary processes that drive cancer.
“We have identified a g...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 8, 2014
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Two groups of scientists have developed new tests to diagnose Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).
One test uses samples coll...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 8, 2014
a tumor sample in a test tube
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Defining cancers by molecular criteria rather than their tissue of origin can provide patients wi...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 7, 2014
A class of immunosuppressive agents appear to increase the risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in patients with in...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 7, 2014
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Health Canada and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have reported a fatal infusion reaction in a patient receiving the monoclonal antibody...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 7, 2014
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Pregnant women are at risk of being undertreated or inappropriately treated for malaria, a new study suggests.
The researc...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 7, 2014
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended approval for intravenous (IV) posaconazole (Noxa...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 6, 2014
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Genome editing technology allows for seamless correction of disease-causing mutations in cells from patients with β-thalasse...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 6, 2014
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Year-round prophylaxis with a newer antimalaria treatment can reduce the risk of malaria in young children without posing a ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 6, 2014
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An author of the retracted Nature papers on STAP cells (stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency cells) has committed suicide at ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 6, 2014
surrounding fused cells
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Experiments in mice suggest the mitochondrial chaperone TRAP-1 is involved in the development of can...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 5, 2014
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Preclinical research suggests that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) might help prevent relapse in acute myeloi...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 5, 2014
Results of a new study contradict previous research suggesting mice do not make suitable models for human inflammatory conditions.
