GERMANTOWN, Md.—-Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , today announced that compounds from its Beta-catenin pathway inhibitor program demonstrated significant tumor growth inhibition in multiple animal models.
Intradigm Corporation, a leading developer of targeted, systemic RNA interference therapeutics, today announced study results that demonstrated the company’s TargeTran delivery system is capable of delivering vascular endothelial growth factor targeted small interfering RNAs that suppress tumor-induced angiogenesis by silencing target gene expression in mice.
More women who have cancer in only one breast are getting both breasts removed, says research that found the trend more than doubled in just six years. It’s still a rare option: Most breast cancer in this country is treated by lumpectomy, removing just the tumor while saving the breast.
More women who have cancer in only one breast are getting both breasts removed, says research that found the trend more than doubled in just six years. It’s still a rare option: Most breast cancer in this country is treated by lumpectomy, removing just the tumor while saving the breast.
Behind a desk and security glass stands a 5-foot-tall grandmother, her slight smile framed by thick glasses and many scars. The phone rings. Mujeres Unidas, she says, her voice clear but weakened by a tumor removed from her throat years ago. Hold on.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Former South Carolina Gov. Robert McNair has been hospitalized with a brain tumor. Bill Youngblood, the managing partner of McNair’s law firm, says a doctor found the tumor during a checkup on Friday. Youngblood says the 83-year-old former governor remained at the Medical University of South Carolina over the weekend and additional tests were done on …
The Brain Tumor Resource And Information Network, a nonprofit organization, will sponsor its third annual Celebration of Hope 5K run/walk and concert Oct. 28. The family event will be at Innsbrook snagajob.com Pavilion in Glen Allen, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Proceeds will go to local and regional programs that are dedicated to brain-tumor research, awareness and improving the quality of life of …
Little Dariyone Johnson of Lafayette is fighting a rare kind of cancer of the eye. Now, her family is asking the community for support. Dariyone Johnson is only three years old but she is in the fight of her life. The toddler was just diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in her left eye.
Scientists have identified the transcription factor DMP1 as a pivotal tumor suppressor for both human and mouse lung cancers, especially in carcinomas that exhibit intact Arf-p53 pathways.
Glassy-eyed and so thin his bones protrude through his skin, a newborn infant named only Rony stares up at a dirty ceiling hour after hour, frozen in his crib because of a softball-sized tumor on the back of his neck.