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Cell Therapy Shows Remarkable Ability to Eradicate Cancer in Clinical Study
The largest clinical study ever conducted to date of patients with advanced leukemia found that 88 percent achieved complete remissions after being treated with genetically modified versions of their own immune cells.
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Pioneering Cell Therapy Achieves Complete Remission In Patients With End-Stage Leukemia
There are certain words that you would never want to hear coming from a healthcare provider. “Salvage chemotherapy” and “Hail Mary transplant” would rank high on that list for most of us.
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Could mushrooms be the cure for cancer?
Behold the mighty mushroom. Neither plant nor animal, the mysterious fungus is a class, or kingdom, of its own, and has fascinated cultures around the world for centuries. But while they do make a tasty omelette filling, does the real magic of mushrooms lie not in their flavour, but in their potential to combat one of our biggest killers – cancer?
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High-Protein Diet Raises Cancer Risk As Much As Smoking
People who eat a lot of meat and cheese during middle age are more likely to die of cancer, a new study finds. For older people however, the effect of high-protein diet appears to be different.
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Scientists Discover The First Direct Link Between BPA And Cancer
We already know that BPA is bad news. Here's one more reason to be wary of the commonplace chemical in consumer products especially if you're a mouse.
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'You've got cancer!'—nastiest spam email ever makes the rounds in Britain
If you received an email saying you had cancer, what would you do? Thousands of Brits have received emails purporting to be from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), claiming that a "sample of your blood analysis" indicates the recipient has a "suspicion of cancer."
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Ancient Egyptian had earliest cancer
Researchers have discovered the earliest confirmed case of cancer in a young man who lived in ancient Egypt.
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New drug makes brain cancer cells explode
By screening over 1,000 different types of molecules, scientists have managed to identify a compound that can literally blow up tumor cells belonging to the most aggressive form of brain cancer...
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The Lying Disease
Why Would Someone Want to Fake a Serious Illness on the Internet?
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Biggest Star of March Madness Is an 8-Year-Old Girl Fighting Cancer
Forget Aaron Gordon. Forget DeAndre Kane. And forget Shabazz Napier. All three will take the spotlight in this week's Sweet 16, but the biggest star of March Madness is Lacey Holsworth, an 8-year-old girl battling a rare form of nerve cancer. After striking up an unlikely friendship with Michigan State's fearsome forward Adreian Payne, Lacey's beloved by Payne's teammates, college basketball media and March Madness fans alike.
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'Step forward' in skin cancer fight
Scientists say they have taken a step forward in understanding why some people are at greater risk of skin cancer because of their family history.
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How Big Pharma is slowing cancer research
Researchers are making huge strides in cancer research. But the profit motives of drug companies are holding them back.
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How Big Pharma is slowing cancer research
In a March 27 article in the New England Journal of Medicine, a team led by physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital revealed that a new cancer drug from Novartis has shown exciting clinical results in a small trial of lung cancer patients. While additional trials are necessary before the drug can obtain approval from the Food and Drug Administration, this type of success story demonstrates why research to develop new cancer therapies is critically important.
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Tobacco plant has key to fighting cancer
La Trobe University research has revealed a tobacco plant’s natural defence mechanisms could be harnessed to kill cancer cells in the human body. Scientists at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science have identified that a molecule occurring in the flower of the plant that fights off fungi and bacteria also has the ability to identify and destroy cancer.
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Roche buys rights to Oryzon's cancer-suppressing gene drug
Roche has bought the rights to an experimental drug from Spain's Oryzon Genomics that can switch on genes to block cancer growth, as the Swiss drugmaker looks to maintain its dominance in the lucrative field of oncology. The world's largest maker of cancer drugs will pay Barcelona-based Oryzon $21 million in upfront and near-term milestone payments and could pay out more than $500 million if the company meets other goals, it said in a statement on Monday.
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Researchers discover new combination therapy to kill cancer
Researchers looked at how to leverage current experimental therapies, in different combinations, to speed the fight against cancer. Scientific evidence suggests a specific combination approach is effective.
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Glyphosate is a disaster for human health
Extensive, long running evidence for the cancer-causing effects of glyphosate, and other toxic impacts, have been ignored by regulators. Indeed as the evidence has built up, permitted levels in food have been hugely increased, writes Dr Mae Wan Ho.
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Gel Manicures Linked to Skin Cancer
Gel manicures are wildly popular because they certainly look nice and their longevity is convenient, but the UV lamp used to dry the polish is putting skin cells in danger.
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After beating cancer, LSUS' Diaz makes comeback to start in tourney
David Diaz can be called a lot of things.
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Find out what 7 things in your diet you should change to help prevent cancer.
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