Crowdsourcing Data on Cancer and COVID-19
COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March, marking a distinct change in daily life. With nearly 4.5 million diagnosed cases worldwide, it is no wonder people are concerned about the…
COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March, marking a distinct change in daily life. With nearly 4.5 million diagnosed cases worldwide, it is no wonder people are concerned about the…
Merck and AstraZeneca recently announced that Lynparza improved overall survival in the lives of males with advanced prostate cancer who had been treated previously. The drug out-performed two other antiandrogen…
According to an article in the Asco Post, the FDA granted accelerated approval to Merck's KEYTRUDA®, pembrolizumab, for the treatment of metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The drug targets…
According to a press release from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), they recently began the ASCO Registry to assist and inform patients with cancer and their families…
During the past fifteen years there has been ever-increasing interest in scientific research in the role of microbiome in human health. According to a recent article in Forbes India, this…
In a period of unprecedented changes, it is understandable that people may question what their lives may look like moving forward. COVID-19 has now spread to 196 countries and…
The world is experiencing an unprecedented time in the medical realm with the rapid spread of COVID-19, a novel coronavirus. It may be difficult to understand how coronavirus may impact…
According to a story from gurufocus, the biotechnology company QED Therapeutics recently announced that the first patients have been dosed in separate phase 2 and phase 3 clinical studies testing…
According to a story from LocalHealthGuide, COVID-19 has continued to spread through the US and the lackluster government response suggests that it isn't going to be contained any time soon.…
A recent study has found that undergoing chemotherapy after having surgery for a rare kidney cancer reduces the chance of cancer relapse by 50%. The recent study was published…
Roche has recently been granted priority review by the FDA, who has also accepted their supplemental biologics license application for atezolizumab. Atezolizumab is intended for the treatment of non-small cell…
The term ‘failure’ may no longer apply to cancer vaccines according to a recent article in Marketwatch. Researchers have endured over four decades of frustration since the first two…
Todd Mercer, a fifty-two year old Michigan resident and father of two, recently called into STAT’S Podcast The Readout LOUD to discuss the difficulty he has had getting enrolled…
Janet Woodcock, Director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) recently gave an interview to the publication FDA Voices about the agency’s approval in 2019 of a…
Gene therapy is the treatment of disease by way of the transfer of genetic material into cells. According to a recent article in Labiotech, an EU publication, gene therapy…
The Halcyon machine holds an imaging mechanism that produces a high-quality CAT scan plus it houses a treatment unit that delivers radiation. According to a recent news release, approximately twenty-four…
According to a story from Wind River Wellness Cancer Retreat & Programs, a young woman named Lauren who had previously attended sessions at the retreat center has been living with…
TrialJectory is an organization working to match bladder, breast, colorectal, melanoma, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), and other cancer patients with the clinical trial that is right for them. They have successfully raised…
According to a story from Buzzfeed News, social media giant Facebook has finally taken action against groups on the site that promote the use of black salve, an alternative treatment…
According to a story from BioPortfolio, the biopharmaceutical company Incyte Corporation has recently announced that the company's New Drug Application (NDA) was recently accepted by the US Food and Drug…
Cancer tumors need an abundance of different nutrients to grow. Therefore it would make sense that by cutting off the food supply to cancer tumors, we could successfully inhibit their…
According to a story from PR Newswire, the clinical-stage company Vyriad, Inc. and the biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. are partnering in a licensing agreement and research collaboration to investigate…
490 words 8% vs 1306 words 3% According to a recent Globe Newswire release, Progenics Pharmaceuticals, an oncology company that specializes in artificial intelligence and targeted therapies, announced results for its Phase…
According to a story from us.acrofan.com, the biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca recently announced the release of positive results for a clinical trial testing the company's drug durvalumab (marketed as IMFINZI) in…
According to a story from shrewsbury.wickedlocal.com, biomarker testing has now become an important step for the treatment of cancer. In the past, most cancer treatments were based on where the…