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22.12.2008 / Safety probe of plastics chemicals urged
U.S. regulators should examine whether a controversial class of chemicals found in many plastic products including children's toys can hurt people, a panel of experts said on Thursday.
A panel of the independent National Research Council...
18.12.2008 / Nobel-Winning Science May Help Combat Deadly Tumors
Nobel Prize-winning science has given cancer researchers a clue why some poorly understood tumors become lethal.
Ovarian tumors, which are difficult to detect and will kill more than 15,000 U.S. women this year, were linked to a genetic...
15.12.2008 / Nanotech sensor detects toxins in living cells
U.S. scientists have developed a tiny sensor that can detect small amounts of cancer-causing toxins or trace the effectiveness of cancer drugs inside living cells.
The finding, reported on Sunday in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, offers...
12.12.2008 / Novartis Bone Drug Helped to Shrink Breast Tumors
Novartis AG’s bone drug Zometa shrank breast tumors when given with standard treatment, and reduced the number of mastectomies, a study found.
The treatment nearly doubled the number of women whose cancer went into remission in a trial of...
28.11.2008 / Five-year cancer plan will invest £1.5billion
A major cancer charity is to invest £300million a year for five years to boost research into the most serious forms of the disease.
Cancer Research UK has today launched its ambitious five-year plan to spend £1.5billion on core areas of...
27.11.2008 / Gene Test Predicts Whether Cancer Drugs Will Work Against Type of Lymphoma
A gene-based test can predict how patients will respond to treatment for a type of cancer called non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a study found.
The research identified specific genetic patterns that could predict how long patients with...
25.11.2008 / Carbon Tax Would Curb Warming Pollution, Harvard Project Says
New taxes on sources of heat- trapping emissions should be discussed during international climate-change negotiations next month, a study group based at Harvard University said.
A carbon tax that raises the cost of goods and services using...
18.11.2008 / Micro needles aid bionic advances
Engineers in Wales have helped to develop micro technology which could lead to a bionic man becoming reality.
It is hoped their micro-needle array sensors, which are around the size of a matchstick head, will help amputees move artificial...
29.10.2008 / Drug sales growth seen steady in 2009
Global pharmaceutical sales growth is expected to hold steady in 2009 with anemic growth of 1 percent to 2 percent seen in the United States as generic competition, fewer new drug launches and an economic slowdown take a toll, according to an...
27.10.2008 / Humana's Profit Falls 39% on Investments, Drug Costs
Humana Inc., the second-biggest provider of U.S.-funded health insurance, reported a 39 percent decrease in quarterly profit on rising costs in its drug plans for the elderly and investments in financial companies.
Third-quarter net income...
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