Scientists in Portugal just found a new molecular mechanism behind colorectal cancer in which a mutated and a normal, but over-expressed, gene cooperate and are both needed to create the disease. The…

PLEASANTON, California, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- - Tests identify genetic mutations that can affect patient response to certain cancer drugs Roche and DxS Ltd. have signed an exclusive distribution…

FRIMLEY, England, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- - Randomised Phase II data show RAD001 significantly increased efficacy of letrozole in women with newly diagnosed hormone-positive breast cancer - Phase I…

CALGARY, Canada, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX: ONC, NASDAQ: ONCY) announced that interim results of a Phase II study of intravenous REOLYSIN(R) in patients with sarcomas…

COLLEGEVILLE, Pennsylvania, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), today announced the initiation of the INTORACT (Investigation of TORISEL And bevacizumab…

In 1928 Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, which was subsequently developed into a medicine by Florey and Chain in the 1940s. The antibiotic was hailed as a 'miracle cure' and a golden age of…

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have illuminated a window into how abnormalities in microRNAs, a family of molecules that regulate expression of numerous genes, may contribute to…

FRIMLEY, England, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- - Zometa When Added to Hormone Therapy, Following Surgery, Significantly Reduced the Risk of Cancer Returning or Death by 36% Beyond Clinical Benefits…

CHICAGO and DARMSTADT, Germany, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- - New Data Provides the Basis for the Future Role of Erbitux (cetuximab) as a Standard in Combination With Platinum-Based Chemotherapy in the…

BASEL, Switzerland, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- - Results Confirm Previously Demonstrated Survival Advantages of Tarceva in This Difficult-to-Treat Disease - ABSTRACT No: 4507 Adding Avastin (bevacizumab…