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Effects of stem cell source and patient age on stem cell transplantation outcomes

Two studies examining the effects of stem cell source and patient age on stem cell transplantation outcomes were explored at a press conference on Sunday, December 7 during the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology in San Francisco, CA.

8 Dec 2008

New approaches to prevent blood clots

The largest study ever to examine the preventive use of blood-thinning medication to help prevent deadly blood clots in patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy presented December 7 during the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology in San Francisco, CA.

8 Dec 2008

Age has no impact on survival after bone marrow transplant

Age alone should not determine whether an older patient with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome receives a blood stem cell transplant from a matched donor, researchers of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research reported today at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology.

8 Dec 2008

Kiadis Pharma announces positive results for ATIR in mismatched bone marrow transplantation

Biopharmaceutical company Kiadis Pharma announces that it has successfully completed treatment of the last patient on its ATIR phase I/II clinical trial.

8 Dec 2008

Incyte's selective Janus kinase inhibitor demonstrates rapid and durable clinical benefits in Myelofibrosis patients

Incyte Corporation will present updated results from an ongoing Phase II trial of INCB18424, its selective, orally available Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, in patients with myelofibrosis (MF) at the 50th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting.

8 Dec 2008

Dismissed leukemia drug flavopiridol helps chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients

A drug once dismissed as ineffective in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has shown promising results in two phase I and II clinical trials, according to researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute.

8 Dec 2008

BD Diagnostics receives FDA approval for imaging system that enhances detection of cervical cancer

BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has announced that it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Premarket Approval (PMA) for the BD FocalPoint(TM) GS Imaging System.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 8 Dec 2008

Allos Therapeutics announces results from phase 2 trial of Pralatrexate in peripheral T-cell lymphoma

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. has announced preliminary top line results from PROPEL, the Company's pivotal Phase 2 trial of pralatrexate (PDX) in patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL), at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (abstract 261).

8 Dec 2008

Marathon champion McCann loses second battle with cancer

The Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kerryn McCann has died from cancer at the age of 41.

8 Dec 2008

Dioxins in Irish pork causes food scare in Britain

A food scare in Britain involving pork from Ireland has forced all major supermarkets to remove all Irish pork products from their shelves because of concerns they may contain toxic dioxins.

8 Dec 2008

Promacta (eltrombopag) shown to increase platelet counts and reduce bleeding in chronic immune thrombocytopenic

GlaxoSmithKline has announced positive safety and efficacy results from RAISE (RAndomized placebo- controlled ITP Study with Eltrombopag), a Phase III study of Promacta (eltrombopag) in adults with chronic immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) who had received one or more prior ITP therapies.

7 Dec 2008

Trial shows Elitek significantly reduces plasma uric acid levels versus Allopurinol in adults with hematologic cancers at risk for tumor Lysis syndrome

Sanofi-aventis has announced results of a randomized phase III study presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology.

7 Dec 2008

Migraines linked to lower risk of breast cancer

Women who suffer from migraines may take at least some comfort in a recent, first-of-its-kind study that suggests a history of such headaches is associated with a significantly lower risk of breast cancer. Christopher I. Li, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center report these findings in the November issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.

7 Dec 2008

Hep C treatment peginterferon reduces the virus but liver damage continues

Treating patients who have chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease with long-term pegylated interferon significantly decreased their liver enzymes, viral levels and liver inflammation, but the treatment did not slow or prevent the progression of serious liver disease, a study finds.

5 Dec 2008

Passive smoking raises odds of fertility problems in women

If you need another reason to quit smoking, consider that it may diminish your chances of being a parent or grandparent. Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found that women exposed to second hand smoke, either as adults or children, were significantly more likely to face fertility problems and suffer miscarriages.

5 Dec 2008

Cartilage transplants used to repair damaged shoulder joints

Rush University Medical Center is the only hospital in Illinois - and one of only a few nationwide - using cartilage transplants to repair damaged shoulder joints.

5 Dec 2008

Breakthrough in understanding the phenomenon of nucleolar dominance

Since the machinery involved in nucleolar dominance is some of the same machinery that can go haywire in diseases such as cancer, Pikaard and his collaborators' research may have important implications for applied medical research.

5 Dec 2008

Discovery of groundbreaking technique for body to accept gene therapy

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY) have developed a groundbreaking technique to sneak therapeutic genes past the body's defenses, possibly clearing one of the largest hurdles to realizing the potentials of medically altering a patient's DNA.

5 Dec 2008

New insights into cell division

Biologists have discovered a mechanism that is critical to cytokinesis -- nature's completion of mitosis, where a cell divides into two identical daughter cells.

5 Dec 2008

Breakthrough in sickle cell disease and thalassemia research

Researchers have identified a gene that directly affects the production of a form of hemoglobin that is instrumental in modifying the severity of the inherited blood disorders sickle cell disease and thalassemia.

5 Dec 2008

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Effects of stem cell source and patient age on stem cell transplantation outcomes

New approaches to prevent blood clots

Age has no impact on survival after bone marrow transplant

Kiadis Pharma announces positive results for ATIR in mismatched bone marrow transplantation

Incyte's selective Janus kinase inhibitor demonstrates rapid and durable clinical benefits in Myelofibrosis patients

Dismissed leukemia drug flavopiridol helps chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients

BD Diagnostics receives FDA approval for imaging system that enhances detection of cervical cancer

Allos Therapeutics announces results from phase 2 trial of Pralatrexate in peripheral T-cell lymphoma

Marathon champion McCann loses second battle with cancer

Dioxins in Irish pork causes food scare in Britain

Promacta (eltrombopag) shown to increase platelet counts and reduce bleeding in chronic immune thrombocytopenic

Trial shows Elitek significantly reduces plasma uric acid levels versus Allopurinol in adults with hematologic cancers at risk for tumor Lysis syndrome

Migraines linked to lower risk of breast cancer

Hep C treatment peginterferon reduces the virus but liver damage continues

Passive smoking raises odds of fertility problems in women

Cartilage transplants used to repair damaged shoulder joints

Breakthrough in understanding the phenomenon of nucleolar dominance

Discovery of groundbreaking technique for body to accept gene therapy

New insights into cell division

Breakthrough in sickle cell disease and thalassemia research

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