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A nanotechnology therapy that targets cancer with a "stealth smart bomb" will begin patient trials next year in the first clinical test of a pioneering approach to medicine.

A nanotechnology therapy that targets cancer with a "stealth smart bomb" is to begin patient trials next year in the first clinical test of a pioneering approach to medicine, The Times has learnt.

Survivors of childhood brain tumors often suffer lasting problems with memory and other "cognitive" functions, results of a study indicate.

Childhood brain cancer survivors have ongoing cognitive problems and achieve lower levels of education, employment and income than their siblings and survivors of other types of cancer, a U.S. study has found.

Editor's note: This is part of a monthlong series on the battle against cancer in a Butler County.

Cellphone radiation, clock radios can act as catalysts for cancer An Australian brain cancer surgeon has called upon people to use mobile phones and clock radios with caution as, according to him, they are catalysts for cancer.

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Not even a brain tumor could stop Jim Krumrie from thinking about his customers.

Cellphone radiation, clock radios can act as catalysts for cancer An Australian brain cancer surgeon has called upon people to use mobile phones and clock radios with caution as, according to him, they are catalysts for cancer.

As a follow up to my article on FDA Calendar stocks for October , ImmunoCellular Therapeutics presented additional data at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting in New Orleans which demonstrated that the Company's cancer stem cell therapeutic vaccine product candidate ICT-107 extends progression-free survival by more than one year ...

Drug developer Antigenics Inc. said researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, reported positive results stemming from a study using its cancer therapy Oncophage to treat brain-cancer patients.

Data were presented in Sunrise Session #6: Immunotherapy: Current Status of Clinical Trials on Saturday, October 24.

Exelixis, Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today reported updated phase 2 clinical data which show that XL184 demonstrated activity in patients with glioblastoma multiforme , the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer.

The report, to be published later this year, has reportedly found that heavy mobile use is linked to brain tumours.

In the summer of 2005, Palo Alto resident Catherine Ivy and her husband Ben were traveling, hiking and enjoying life.

As reported by United Kingdom New Sources such as the London Telegraph and UK Daily Express, Extended use of cellular phones could lead to elevated risks of developing cancer according to a 10 year long study.

Myriad Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced the presentation of non-clinical data demonstrating the potent anti-cancer activity of Azixa , its small molecule microtubule destabilizing agent, in a model of brain cancer.

Main Category: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology Neurology / Neuroscience IT / Internet / E-mail Article Date: 23 Oct 2009 Researchers from Case Western Reserve University's Department of Biomedical Engineering have been awarded more than $3.5 million in National Institutes of Health stimulus grants aimed at ...

A major collaborative research project focused on mapping the gene activity in brain tumors was launched today.

Biomedical Engineering Faculty at Case Western Reserve University Receives More Than $3.5 Million in Grants Researchers from Case Western Reserve University's Department of Biomedical Engineering have been awarded more than $3.5 million in National Institutes of Health stimulus grants aimed at improving human health and economic development.