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Diabetes drug could be key to treating aggressive breast cancer, research suggests

March 8, 2017
Research and Development Cancer, diabetes

Researchers from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine have identified that the function of metabolic enzyme AKR1B1 is key to …

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New cancer drug could give hope to non-responsive patients

February 15, 2017
Research and Development Cancer

A new dual action drug developed as part of a collaboration between biopharmaceutical oncology firm Almac Discovery and The Royal …

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Brexit could delay key drugs to UK patients, ex-MHRA chairman claims

February 10, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, MHRA, brexit

Former UK regulator and ex-chairman of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Sir Alasdair Breckenridge has warned that …

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Cancer rates set to rocket in women six times faster than men

February 3, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development Cancer, Cancer Research UK, World Cancer Day

The figures emerging from research conducted by Cancer Research UK predict that rates of cancer in women will rise by …

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Skin cancer-detecting AI “on par with board-certified dermatologists”

January 27, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development AI, Cancer, skin cancer

New research has found that artificial intelligence repurposed by researchers at Stanford University to identify skin cancer in images has …

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Statins revealed to potentially aid cancer treatment

January 25, 2017
Research and Development Cancer, University of Kansan, statins

New research, conducted at the University of Kansas, has emerged that reveal a potential use for statins beyond their current …

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Two-step treatment cuts off cancer’s backup defences

January 25, 2017
Research and Development Cancer, sarcoma, washington university

New research conducted at Washington University’s School of Medicine and published in Cell Reports details a new method for fighting …

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New immunotherapy-based cancer research limits cancer spread by 75%

January 12, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development Cancer, cancer research, immunotherapy

Research conducted by the Sanger Institute in Cambridge has discovered 23 new genes associated with cancer cell’s spread through the …

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Research finds cancer cells spread even before tumour development

January 10, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Cancer

Studies at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York City and the University of Regensburg in Germany have found …

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New research reveals how cancer cells grow and spread through body

January 6, 2017
Medical Communications Cancer, Cancer Research UK, ICR, Institute of Cancer Research, cancer research, cell movement

Research conducted by The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), co-funded by Cancer Research UK, has discovered how cancer cells are …

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New molecular-binding technique promises accelerated drug development

December 5, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Cancer, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Researchers at the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) have claimed to have designed a new molecular …

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Roche’s immunotherapy cancer drug given FDA approval

October 19, 2016
Research and Development Cancer, FDA, Genentech, Roche, immunotherapy, lung cancer

Coming off the back of earlier positive news this month, Roche has revealed that their drug, Tecentriq, has been given …

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FDA grants $23 million to boost research on rare diseases

October 19, 2016
Research and Development Cancer, FDA, clinical trials, oncology

The FDA has continued their push to provide funding for experimental clinical trials into treatments of rare diseases. The FDA, …

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IBM and Quest forge precision cancer treatment partnership

October 18, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Cancer, Precision Medicine, Quest, ibm, oncology

IBM has revealed it is to join forces with clinical laboratory service provider Quest Diagnostics in a bid to utilise …

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New treatment for leukaemia nullifies cancer cells

October 13, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boston, Cancer, Germany, Harvard, Mainz University, leukaemia

New research was able to demonstrate that a targeted drug-based inactivation of two chromatin regulators would interrupt the self-renewal of …

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