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Sea Sponge-Derived Drug, Fights Advanced Breast Cancer
Filed in archive Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics , Other Biotechnology News on June 6, 2010
Photo CreditEribulin - a chemotherapy drug derived from sea sponge - has been found to extend the lives of women with metastatic breast cancer by about 2.5 months. According to study author Dr. Chr...
FDA Approved Amgen's Injectable Osteoporosis Drug
Filed in archive Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics on June 1, 2010
Amgen's injectable osteoporosis drug - Prolia® - has just been approved by the US FDA as treatment for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who are at high risk for fractures. Osteoporosi...
Help Be Part Of The Cure For Alzheimer's
Filed in archive Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics , Other Biotechnology News on May 27, 2010
You understand the importance of a healthy and sharp mind. But what if you slowly became unable to recall things which were once so simple to remember? An estimated 5.3 million people in the United...
DNA Vaccine Against DLL4 Protein Slows Down Cancer
Filed in archive Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics , Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics on May 25, 2010
© WIkipediascientists at the Karolinska Institutet have a developed a DNA vaccine targeted at a protein known as 'Delta-like ligand 4' (DLL4), which has recently been identified as an importan...
Research Offers Natural Pain Relief
Filed in archive Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics , Food and Agriculture on May 13, 2010
Photo CreditGot pain? Many medical experts believe inflammation to be the cause of 80-90% of all disease. Inflammation, triggered as a response to damage to your body, manifests as heat, redness, swel...
FDA Approves Provenge Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy
Filed in archive Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics on April 29, 2010
The FDA has approved Dendreon's Provenge (sipuleucel-T) , a novel cancer vaccine that promises to extend the lives of patients with advanced prostate cancer by several months. The therapy is indic...
Living Cell Technologies Received JDRF Grant for DIABECELL® NZ Clinical Trial
Filed in archive Corporate and Industrial News , Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics on April 27, 2010
Photo CreditDIABECELL® is Living Cell Technologies' treatment designed for people with insulin-dependent diabetes. Now, LCT has received a grant of US$500,000 for its on-going Phase II clinica...
Potential Benefit of Dark Chocolate for Liver Disease Patients
Filed in archive Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics , Food and Agriculture on April 20, 2010
The benefits of dark chocolate on cardiovascular and cognitive health has been repeatedly reported over the years. In a study presented recently at the International Liver Congress 2010 in Vienna,Aust...
Mice Study: Omega-3 DHA Reverses Male Infertility
Filed in archive Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics , Other Biotechnology News on April 18, 2010
A new mice study suggested that supplementation of omega-3 fatty acid DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) may reverse infertility-related sperm abnormalities, thereby boosting male fertility. Researchers re...
Nanoparticle Vaccine Therapy for Diabetes and Petmeds
Filed in archive Did you know , Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics , Nanomedicine on April 7, 2010
Scientists have discovered a new method of drug delivery for the treatment of diabetes. Using an innovative nanotechnology-based "vaccine", researchers were able to successfully restore norm...
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