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Triggering Body's 'Virus Alert' Could Help Response to Cancer Treatment
Findings could boost the efficacy of immunotherapy drugs.
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The Frontlines of Specialty Pharmacy: MS from a Patient Perspective
Multiple sclerosis advocate discusses the difficulties patients face during treatment.
Scientists Identify New Way to Treat Aggressive Leukemia Subtype, ALL
New approach may combine with existing medications to improve survival.
Are Scientists on the Verge of Developing a Blood Test to Detect Pancreatic Cancer Early?
Test may identify and treat premalignant pancreatic lesions.
FDA Warning: Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Decreases Bone Density
Use of diabetes therapy may increase the risk of bone fracture.
Imitation Virus Could be Best Way to Administer Drugs to Cells
New method may improve treatment for a number of diseases.
Genentech to Present Data for Three Investigational Cancer Medicines
Investigational drugs developed across specific types of lung, bladder, and skin cancers.
FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Hemophilia A Drug
Prophylactic treatment administered as a weekly subcutaneous injection for severe hemophilia A with and without inhibitors to factor VIII.
FDA Grants Lung Cancer Drug Priority Review
Alectinib is an oral anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitor for locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
FDA Approves First Treatment for Hereditary Orotic Aciduria
The rare disease only afflicts 20 people worldwide.
AIDS Caused by Cellular Functions, Not HIV
Cell-to-cell transmission of HIV causes greater CD4 T cell death.
Engineered Virus Could Lead to Effective Cancer Treatment
Researchers examine how a cell distinguishes between damaged DNA and foreign viral DNA.
Genetic Testing Associated with Decreased Use of Chemotherapy in High-Risk Patients
Decrease found in chemotherapy use among patients with high-risk cancer and those who received genetic testing.
The Role of PGE2 in Colorectal Cancer Metastasis
Researchers seek drug targets superior to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Fertility Concerns Prevent Patients with Breast Cancer from Seeking Treatment
Desire for future fertility has a negative impact on adherence to tamoxifen regimen.
How a Structural Discovery Could Aid in Future Drug Design
Researchers determine how to better predict a drug's course of action.
New Injectable Treatment Option for Patients with HIV
Experimental drug may allow patients to take one dose per month.
Black Women at Higher Risk for Developing Aggressive Breast Cancer
Black women diagnosed with breast cancer at or below age 50 have a much higher instance of BRCA mutation.
Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV at a Stalemate
HIV viral suppression at the time of birth much worse than expected.
Understanding What Causes Relapse in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Genetic profiling after initial chemotherapy may help oncologists predict early prognosis.
New Drug Therapy Puts Multiple Myeloma in Remission
Daratumumab causes the targeted killing of CD38-carrying tumor cells.
Childhood Cancer Survivors at Higher Risk of Stroke
As pediatric survival rates improve, long-term problems arise from other factors.
Newly Developed Cryogel-Based Vaccine Combats Cancer
Vaccine primes immune cells to attack patient-specific tumor tissue.
Scientists on the Verge of Developing Drugs to Eradicate Pancreatic Cancer
Class of receptors may be precisely targeted by drug compounds.
How Multiple Sclerosis Limits the Ability to Perform Tasks
Autobiographical memory and episodic future thinking reduced in MS patients.
Could Alternative Medicine Cause Cancer Treatment to be Ineffective?
Some complementary or alternative medications can have an adverse reaction mixed with cancer drugs.
Statewide Initiative to End AIDS Epidemic Started by California
Advocates seek to eradicate the disease by 2030.
Purple Potatoes Can Protect Your Colon from Cancer
Baked potato extract found to suppress the spread of colon cancer stem cells.
Teenage Men Less Likely to Get Tested for HIV
Study suggests testing sites in high schools may increase the likelihood of getting an HIV test.
Nitroglycerin Could Increase the Effects of Cancer Treatment
Study shows nitroglycerin may improve the delivery of anticancer drugs.