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New combo drug therapy could revolutionise cancer cure

October 30th, 2008 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne, Oct 30 (ANI): Scientists in Melbourne have given cancer patients a ray of hope after they found that a new combination drug therapy would revolutionize the treatment for the deadly ...

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Laser hair removal therapy effective when used alone

October 21st, 2008 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): Laser hair removal therapy can be effective only when used separately than when used as a combination treatment, according to a new study. During the past decade, laser ...

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Investigational drug raises hope for ovarian cancer patients

September 16th, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Sept 16 (ANI): Women with recurrent ovarian cancer can be helped by giving an investigational drug in combination with chemotherapy, according to new results presented at the 33rd Congress of ...

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Bill Clinton announces new drive against AIDS, malaria

Bill Clinton announces new drive against AIDS, malaria

August 5th, 2008 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Aug 5 (ANI): Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has announced initiatives that he said could immediately reduce AIDS-related infant mortality and, separately, extend affordable malaria treatment. Speaking to two West African ...

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Biocon to market new breast cancer drug in India

July 18th, 2008 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, July 18 (IANS) Biotechnology major Biocon Ltd will market Abraxane drug of the US-based Abraxis BioScience in India for treating breast cancer, a top company official said here Friday. To be ...

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Indian firms, Clinton Foundation sign deal on malaria drugs

July 18th, 2008 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS -
New York, July 18 (IANS) Four Indian and two Chinese companies will cut the price of a key malaria drug and control rates of a vital ingredient following a pact signed Thursday ...

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Clue found to why body resists cancer-killing viruses

June 11th, 2008 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, June 11 (IANS) Viruses designed to treat incurable brain tumours like glioblastoma were stumped by how the immune system eliminated them at the outset. Now an animal study conducted by Ohio ...

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Cancer-killing viruses stimulate tumor blood-vessel growth

June 11th, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington , June 11 (ANI): While viruses genetically designed to kill cancer cells offer a promising strategy for treating incurable brain tumors such as glioblastoma, a new study by an Indian-origin ...

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New combination therapy to aid patients with inoperable melanoma

June 2nd, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by admin -
Washington , June 2 (ANI): A study at University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) has cited that the combination of two different biotherapies may turn out to be more beneficial for ...

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Simple blood test may improve treatment response in breast cancer patients

May 16th, 2008 - 1:25 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, May 16 (ANI): Doctors dependence on radiology studies such as CT scans and ultrasound for breast cancer therapy could soon become passe, thanks to researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center, ...

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Unicef calls for efforts to control malaria

April 25th, 2008 - 7:43 pm ICT by admin -
Xinhua Lusaka (Zambia), April 25 (Xinhua) UN Children's Fund (Unicef) has called for sustained efforts to control malaria, saying more than 800,000 children in Africa die annually of the totally preventable disease. In ...

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Combination therapy helps teens with treatment-resistant depression

February 27th, 2008 - 12:15 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): Teenagers who dont respond to a first antidepressant medication to help them get rid of their blues, are more likely to improve if they switch to a combination ...

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Protein find brings pancreatic cancer vaccine closer to reality

February 16th, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have discovered that mesothelin, a protein that promotes pancreatic cancer, could provide a new vaccine against the deadly disease. They found ...

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Radiation seed, chemotherapy wafer implants combo may treat cancerous brain tumours

January 20th, 2008 - 11:22 am ICT by admin -
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): Dual implantation of radiation seeds and chemotherapy wafers following surgery may help treat cancerous brain tumours, according to a new study. The finding, based on a study, led by ...

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Chemo, targeted therapy combo shrinks metastatic brain tumours

December 17th, 2007 - 1:13 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): According to a report, a combination of a targeted therapy and chemotherapy reduces metastatic brain tumours by at least 50 percent in patients with aggressive HER2-positive breast cancer. The ...

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