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…
According to a story from PR Newswire, scientists are making significant progress in researching new treatments for glioblastoma, a rare and deadly brain cancer. A variety of drug companies are…
Cell-in-a-Box, the name of one of Biotech’s new products is just as intriguing as the drug itself. A recent article in NewsFile characterizes the product as having the potential…
Poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors have played an increasing role in the treatment of ovarian cancer. They are being very heavily studied in clinical trials, both for the treatment of…
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…
An article in CURE® describes two extremely rare types of tumors: paraganglioma and pheochromocytoma. One in three thousand individuals may have either or both of these tumors. The symptoms accompanying…
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Scientists in four continents worked for over a decade on a massive project that has resulted in the most detailed picture of cancer ever produced. Researchers now have a huge…
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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…
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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…
Cancer patients often face adverse effects from their treatment. These effects typically need to be addressed by a doctor, whether they're nausea, rashes, or anything else. The issue is that…
In the wake of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, those with rare diseases have vocalized some of the dreams that they have for the healthcare industry. With all of the…
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…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. just announced that it has started screening participants for its phase 3 clinical trial. The trial…
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The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) published excerpts from a presentation by Dr. Andrew Wei at the 61st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting. The article stated…
According to an article in BioSpace, the FDA recently approved the PARP inhibitor Lynparza that was developed by Merck and AstraZeneca to be used as maintenance therapy for pancreatic…
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 Targeted Oncology, the results of a recent clinical trial have left drug developers Kite and Gilead with the confidence to proceed with regulatory approval from…
John Lewis, a longtime United States congressman and civil rights leader who helped organized the historic 1963 March on Washington, announced he's undergoing treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer. At…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy Scientific teams at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and other research centers have…
By Jack Gerard from In The Cloud Copy Medical response dogs are trained to recognize potential medical problems with their owners, alerting them or someone else when they detect a…
By Jodee Redmond from In The Cloud Copy University researchers Richard Terek and Qian Chen have published a paper drawing attention to a possible treatment for chondrosarcoma, which is a…
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When the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) was founded in 1949 by a family in memory of their sixteen-year-old son, cancer was considered a hopeless condition. As noted recently…
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…
A recent article in BioPortfolio carried AstraZeneca’s announcement of the FDA’s approval of CALQUENCE® (acalabrutinib) for adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). The approval…
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