RegeneRx Announces Final Clinical Results from Phase | Trial with RGN-352
REGENERX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (NYSE Amex:RGN) announced today that it has completed and analyzed the safety data from its double-blind, placebo controlled Phase I clinical trial evaluating the systemic administration of RGN-352. The trial included testing of a single escalating intravenous dose of the drug candidate [...]
Screening for Breast Cancer | New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
More Advice For Older Women And Women At Increased Risk
Older women, women with serious health problems, and those at increased risk for breast cancer will get more specific advice about breast cancer screening under updated guidelines released Wednesday night by the American Cancer Society.
The guidelines [...]
In the middle of 2007 my yearly mammogram showed an area of abnormal clusters of calcium. The Doctor wanted that area removed from my left breast. He was going to use a procedure that involved me stripping to the waist, climbing a ladder, lying on a table approximately 6 feet in the air, allowing [...]
According to research published in the British Journal of Cancer, tiny bubbles of fat in urine hold molecules that could predict whether prostate cancer is aggressive.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with around 34,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Around 10,000 men die from prostate cancer each year in [...]
Ann Killary (from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) and colleagues have described a new gene called DEAR1 that is genetically altered by mutation and deletion in breast tumors, and that may provide a new breast cancer prognostic marker.Each year, more than one million women discover that they have breast cancer. Although [...]
Tomatoes
Have you got a bad thing to say about ‘em? Ranging from purple to yellow, the juicy fruit that bursts with flavor is wonderful not only for its taste, but for its health properties as well. The red pigment in tomatoes is called lycopene, an antioxidant that is good for your eyes. Lycopene is more [...]
Dalhousie Medical School cancer researcher Dr. Patrick Lee has proven that a common virus can infect and kill breast cancer stem cells. This breakthrough finding is published in the current issue of Molecular Therapy, the prestigious journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy.
It is only within the past few years that the scientific [...]
Scientists in the US may have uncovered why some smokers get lung cancer while others do not: they found that those with the highest urine levels of a known biomarker for the uptake of a cancer-causing chemical found in tobacco had a two-fold increased risk of developing lung cancer than those with the lowest levels.
The [...]
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy in women. Consequently, women should become actively involved in routine breast screening. This protocol includes monthly self-examinations, a yearly examination by a healthcare professional, and an annual mammogram beginning at age 40. Women with strong family histories of breast or gynecologic cancer, a personal history of cancer, [...]
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