What A Long Strange Trip It Has Been Indeed!
Published on Wednesday 07 January 2009 - 07:01 - http://www.ireport.com/The first time I saw The Grateful Dead was September 21, 1972 at'the Philadelphia Spectrum. It was an absolutely unforgettable'experience. The band played for four and a half hours and it was'the...
NRCI partners on smoking cessation program
Published on Wednesday 07 January 2009 - 06:00 - http://www.timesleader.com/The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute is partnering with Community Medical Center Healthcare System (CMC) and Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services (DATS) to provide smoking cessation programs in...
Forma Emerges With Well-Formed Cancer-Drug Strategy, Biogen Idec Preps for Parkinson’s Drug Data, Endo Buys out Indevus, & More Boston-Area Life...
Published on Wednesday 07 January 2009 - 05:56 - http://www.xconomy.com/We ve got some M the year s off to an interesting start for New England s life sciences firms.' Forma Therapeutics, flush with $25 million from the likes of the Novartis Option Fund and Singapore s...
Ark lifted by Cerepro European trial approval
Published on Wednesday 07 January 2009 - 03:00 - http://www.ft.com/Ark Therapeutics received a fillip after Cerepro, the company's lead brain cancer drug, was accepted for submission to European drug regulators. The news means that...
Cervical Cancer Vaccine - For Boys?
Published on Wednesday 07 January 2009 - 02:30 - http://www.cbsnews.com/Drugmaker Merck & Co. has asked federal regulators to approve use in males for its vaccine against the human papillomavirus, which causes cervical and other sexually transmitted cancers.
Lucy Mangan: bids farewell to a ER, the show that revolutionalised TV drama
Published on Wednesday 07 January 2009 - 01:04 - http://www.guardian.co.uk/There is just time to gather round the screen and pay your last respects. After 15 years and more MIs, EKGs, tox screens and central line insertions than it is possible to count, the nonpareil of...
Scientists discover breast cancer spreading gene
Published on Tuesday 06 January 2009 - 23:53 - http://topnews.us/US researchers have discovered the gene that speeds up the spread of breast cancer. The gene also assists in making the cancerous cells resistant to chemotherapy.'The research indicated that...
Fosamax Side Effects May Increase Risk of Esophageal Tumors
Published on Tuesday 06 January 2009 - 20:52 - http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/According to an official from the FDA, Fosamax side effects may increase the risk of esophageal cancer. A number of cases have been reported involving individuals who developed esophageal tumors...
Study Sheds Light On Deadly Childhood Cancer
Published on Tuesday 06 January 2009 - 20:29 - http://www.postchronicle.com/A gene involved in cell division also helps fuel a deadly childhood cancer called neuroblastoma and could offer a new way to develop drugs to treat the disease....
UPenn Scientist Forges Research Pact with Morphotek as Unrelated Startup Takes Shape
Published on Tuesday 06 January 2009 - 20:26 - http://www.biotechtransferweek.com/Wafik El-Deiry, a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will collaborate with Morphotek under a sponsored research agreement to develop therapeutic antibody...
