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Archive for June 29th, 2011


China plans to expand pilot medical insurance program for rural children

… by September to give increased financial assistance to children with congenital heart disease and leukemia, Health Minister Chen Zhu said Tuesday. By September, all rural children who have joined …

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New Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise against Tumors in Mice

A series of intravenous (IV) vaccinations with a virus carrying fragments of DNA coding for normal human prostate tissue surface antigens cured cancer in about 80 percent of mice with established prostate tumors, new study findings showed.

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Editorial: TSA crossing the line with obsessive pat-downs

… the diaper while she was still wearing it, Weber said. Continued… Reppert, who has leukemia, was leaving the Florida Panhandle. She was flying out of Northwest Florida Regional Airport …

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Motorcyclists support Eustis officer Brad Smalt in his fight with leukemia

… Smalt and his wife, Christy. Smalt is in his second battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. “We were really pleased with the turnout, considering the way the weather forecast looked,” …

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Common Gene Mutation Found in Hairy Cell Leukemia

A gene mutation that occurs in melanoma and other cancers has now been detected in hairy cell leukemia (HCL), a rare cancer of the blood. The mutation, called V600E, occurs in the BRAF gene and appears to contribute to the disease, researchers reported in the June 16 New England Journal of Medicine.

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Inovio Pharmaceuticals’ Prostate Cancer DNA Vaccine Demonstrates Strong T Cell Responses in Monkeys; Company on Track for Phase I Clinical Trial

… and broadly speaking for cancers in general, including our currently progressing cervical cancer and leukemia Phase II clinical studies.” The development of a new treatment for prostate cancer would …

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Together again – A night of emotion in aid of leukaemia sufferers

… BST 2011 FORMER footballers held an emotional reunion which raised cash that will help leukaemia suffers. Members of various footballing sides which were associated with Owton Manor Social Clubs …

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New Graphic Tobacco Warning Labels Backed by Research

For the first time in more than a quarter century, the look of a pack of cigarettes sold in the United States is changing, thanks to nine new graphic tobacco warning labels released last week by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). By the fall of 2012, tobacco companies will be required to cover half of the front and back of cigarette packs and cartons with the warnings, which include images of cancer-ridden lungs, rotting teeth, and an infant surrounded by secondhand smoke.

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More evidence that melanoma does not conform to the cancer stem cell model

Researchers have determined that most types of melanoma cells can form malignant tumors, providing new evidence that the deadliest form of skin cancer does not conform to the increasingly popular cancer stem cell model.

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Novel genetic mutation that causes the most common form of eye cancer discovered

A new study has revealed the discovery of a novel oncogene that is associated with uveal melanoma, the most common form of eye cancer.

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