Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has opened a new Phase I clinical trial testing an engineered measles virus against multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow that currently has no cure.
The United Nations Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), a regional arm of the UN World Health Organization (WHO), is assisting Paraguay in its efforts to control an outbreak of dengue fever that has affected thousands.
Researchers at the University of Illinois have found that a molecular pathway known to have a role in the progression of bone cancer in humans is also critical to the pathology of skeletal tumors in dogs and cats.
A new candidate vaccine against hepatitis E, developed collaboratively by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), was found to be 95.5% effective in a Phase Two trial, according to a study to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In clinical studies for the lead indication of multiple sclerosis (MS), Revimmune improves function in most patients and stops progression in over 90 percent of cases refractory to standard therapies.
Avastin, a relatively new type of drug that shrinks cancerous tumors by cutting off their blood supply, can slow the growth of the most common and deadly form of brain cancer, a pilot study conducted at Duke University Medical Center has found.
The government of The Gambia gave the most senior United Nations official in the country 48 hours to leave the country starting Friday, following remarks she made criticising Gambian President Yahya Jammeh?s widely-publicised cure for HIV/AIDS.
In an effort to reach a greater audience, and help patients and their families understand their cancer treatment options, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology now offers Spanish versions of their popular brochures Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer and Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer.
Mayo Clinic has collaborated with Digital Cyclone, Inc., a Minnesota-based subsidiary of Garmin, Ltd., to launch a software application that delivers an array of health information and tools directly to cellular phones.
Survivors of childhood cancers have a ninefold increased risk of developing a secondary sarcoma — a cancer of connective or supportive tissue such as bone, fat, or muscle — compared with the general population, according to a study in the February 21 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.