Cancer

Breaching a barrier to fight brain cancer
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 1 hour 48 minutes ago
Dr. Howard Riina threaded a slender tube through a maze of arteries in Dennis Sugrue's brain, watching X-ray images on a monitor to track his progress. At the site where a previous operation had removed a malignant tumor, he infused a drug called mannitol and unleashed a flood of the cancer drug Avastin.

Morphine may accelerate cancer growth, research suggests
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 7 hours 19 minutes ago
CHICAGO - Evidence is mounting that morphine, commonly used to manage pain, may accelerate cancer growth, but a newly-approved drug that blocks its side effects could also keep tumours from spreading, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

'New Moon' causes strange changes for Taylor Lautner
Chicago Tribune | 7 hours 23 minutes ago
It must be terrifying to know that fame, like a giant, all-consuming tidal wave, is about to break over you at any moment

Predatory fish are nearing Great Lakes
MSNBC | 15 hours 28 minutes ago
Nonnative Asian carp could become 'cancer' to native wildlife

Music review: New Century Chamber Orchestra
San Francisco Chronicle | 21 hours 30 minutes ago
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Guidelines against self-exams for breast cancer ignite firestorm
Sun (Baltimore), The | 1 day 2 hours 35 minutes ago
Mary Ivey didn't have a family history of breast cancer or a genetic mutation putting her at high risk for the disease. At 37, she was too young for an annual mammogram. But one day in March, she did a routine self-exam, as her doctor had instructed her, just in case.

Dendreon says FDA will disclose Provenge ??s fate by May 1
American City Business Journals | 1 day 2 hours 43 minutes ago
Dendreon Corp. said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will make a regulatory decision on the biotech?s Provenge prostate cancer drug by May 1, 2010.

Provinces urged to push for national drug-buying strategy
Canada.com | 1 day 9 hours 42 minutes ago
Not all cancer patients are treated equally in this country when it comes to the bills for their drugs, and it's about time the federal government stepped up to ensure universal access and coverage, says a new report from the Canadian Cancer Society.

Asian carp may have breached Great Lakes barrier
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 1 day 10 hours 24 minutes ago
DNA of the dreaded fish has been found north of the electronic device designed to stop it from entering the Great Lakes

Gene silencing predicted to improve drug manufacturing
ScientificAmerican.com | 1 day 11 hours 31 minutes ago
Chinese hamster ovary cells: the workhorse of the biological drug market.Nikon MicroscopyU

Children's Hearing Loss From Cisplatin Chemotherapy Associated With Gene Variants
Medscape (free registration) | 1 day 12 hours 4 minutes ago
Scientists at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, have identified genetic variants associated with ototoxicity that occur in more than half of children treated with cisplatin. The report, published online November 8 in Nature Genetics, raises the possibilities that individuals at higher genetic risk for ototoxicity could receive lower cisplatin doses, alternative drug treatments, or be chosen for otoprotectant studies.

Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier
Miami Herald, The | 1 day 12 hours 6 minutes ago
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.

Officials say Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier, increasing risk to Great Lakes
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) | 1 day 12 hours 14 minutes ago
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.

Asian Carp May Have Breached Electronic Barrier
ABC News | 1 day 12 hours 40 minutes ago
Officials say Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier, increasing risk to Great Lakes