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19 hrs ago | Physics Blog

Ready for relapse: Molecule helps breast cancer cells to survive in the bone marrow

Patients who survive an initial diagnosis of breast cancer often succumb to the disease years later when the cancer shows up in a different part of the body.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Physics

Thu Jul 09, 2009

Scoop

July 2009 Grant Round Recipients

Thursday, 9 July 2009, 3:00 pm Press Release: Neurological Foundation The Neurological Foundation of New Zealand awarded more than $800,000 in research grants, travel grants and scholarships for its July 2009 funding round, announced on Friday, July 3. A further $300,000 was awarded under the University of Auckland, Centre for Brain Research ...

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Related Topix: Rap, New Zealand Travel, Travel, Health, Parkinson's Disease, Depression

Wed Jul 08, 2009

96.1 KXY

New ammunition in cancer war now available in Oklahoma City

Josh Prochotsky is 16. He has brain cancer. Diagnosed in March 2008, he underwent a new radiation procedure called proton therapy that shrank his tumor without further injuring his brain.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Oklahoma City, OK, Oklahoma City Metro

Tue Jul 07, 2009

The Post Chronicle

DNA Variations Linked To Brain Tumors

Mayo Clinic and University of California-San Francisco medical researchers say they have found a connection between DNA alterations and brain cancer.

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Related Topix: UC San Francisco, Health, Science / Technology

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Huliq.com

Dogs, Humans To Search For Brain Cancer Treatment

Pinpointing the genes involved in human brain cancer can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and sometimes the needle you find may not be the right one.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Medicine, Health, North Carolina State University

Sat Jul 04, 2009

WCPO-TV9 Cincinnati

Moms Make Pitch to 'Strike Out' Brain Cancer

Some Ross, Ohio baseball moms are making a pitch to 'strike out' brain cancer. Devastated by the plight of a boy on their sons' baseball team, Diane Siereveld and other moms are organizing the "Strike-Out Brain Cancer" benefit for the family of 9-year-old Nik Scheffler.

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Related Topix: Health, Ross, OH

Fri Jul 03, 2009

KMOT-TV Minot

Sister Helps Raise Funds for Brother in Need

Over at the Kensington this afternoon, a benefit was held for Jayce Kringen, a 7 year-old who is fighting against brain cancer.

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Related Topix: Health, Rochester, MN, Rochester Metro

Thu Jul 02, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Peregrine Awarded European Patent for Innovative Labeling Technology...

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a European patent for a novel device and methods for linking biological agents to labels for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Health

New Republic

It's 2009--isn't it time we allow senators incapable of making it Washington to vote from home?

It's 2009--isn't it time we allow senators incapable of making it to Washington to vote from home? Post Date July 1, 2009 The news that Al Franken is finally going to the Senate has prompted all sorts of musing about the Democrats' new supermajority.

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Related Topix: US News, Health, US Politics, Christopher Dodd, Prison

Wed Jul 01, 2009

NBC Action News

EPA: No Link Between Fertilizer and Brain Tumors

There are new developments in the mysterious cases of tumors in Cameron, Missouri as the EPA says fertilizer used in four Missouri counties does not appear to cause brain cancer .

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Related Topix: Cameron, MO, Health, Kansas City, MO

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Salt Lake City Weekly

And the winner is Franken... finally

Posted By: Greg Wilcox He's good enough, he's smart enough, and, dog gone it, he's officially a Senator for the state of Minnesota.

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Related Topix: US News, Health

Montgomery Advertiser

Teens join fight against cancer

A group of east Montgomery teens decided to do something special this summer. They set up a lemonade stand recently in the Halcyon area to raise money for charity.

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Related Topix: Montgomery Metro, Montgomery, AL, Health

Mon Jun 29, 2009

New York Times

Dodd Turns to Kennedy for Help as Part of Early Campaign Blitz

His accent is unmistakable, but his voice sounds frail, less robust, and his face looks drawn.

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Related Topix: Health, US News, US Politics, Rob Simmons, Republican, US House of Representatives, Connecticut, New Haven Metro

Sun Jun 28, 2009

News Times

Kennedy at home on the ocean in Hyannis Port

With its white clapboard walls, sloping lawns and broad porches, the famed Kennedy family compound on Cape Cod boasts commanding views of Nantucket Sound's shimmering waters.

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Related Topix: Hyannis-Port, MA, William Delahunt, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Edward Kennedy, John Kerry, Folk, The Kennedys, Health

MediLexicon

St. Joseph's Selected As Only Site To Provide New Genetic Test For Deadly Type Of Brain Cancer

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix has partnered with Castle Biosciences, Inc.

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Related Topix: Health

Sat Jun 27, 2009

WPEC-TV West Palm Beach

Cancer cluster in acerage getting worse?

First, we heard there was a strange coincidence in the acreage area...neighbors within 3 miles of each other all with kids who had some form of brain cancer.

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Related Topix: Health

Fri Jun 26, 2009

FOX News

Like Father, Rep. Kennedy Rallies to Vote for Climate Bill

In February, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., suffering from brain cancer, rallied to return to the Senate and cast a decisive vote to help clear the way for President Obama's $787 billion stimulus package.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Patrick Kennedy, Democrat, Mark Kennedy, Republican, US Senate, Edward Kennedy, Health

Thu Jun 25, 2009

WPBF

Senator Calls For Federal Investigation Into Cancer Cluster

A United States senator has asked two federal agencies to investigate a cancer cluster in Palm Beach County.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Democrat, Bill Nelson, US Politics, Health

RedOrbit

Researchers Draft 3-D Protein Map

A new three-dimensional computer protein map is helping researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham unravel the biological pathways that control brain-cell death after a stroke.

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Related Topix: Computers, University of Alabama, Health, Chemistry, Science

Med Ad News

Antigenics Announces Expansion of Investigator-Sponsored Study for Glioma

Jun 25, 2009 - Antigenics Inc. today announced that the Brain Tumor Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco, has expanded its Phase 2 clinical trial of Oncophage to include NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Antigenics, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, UC San Francisco, Columbia University, Cancer, Health, Neurological Surgery

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