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A diagnosis of type I diabetes means a life sentence of medical follow-up. While treatments have become simpler and less restrictive in recent years, they are still a burden, especially for young patients.
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At a meeting held Thursday, Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee said that there is substantial evidence of efficacy and safety of Dendreon Corp.'s Provenge (sipuleucel-T) for the treatment of patients with prostate cancer.
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Researchers from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine discovered that an approved drug for fighting obesity stops the growth of cancerous tumors
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Dichloroacetate (DCA) may soon be available as an effective treatment for several cancers, including lung, breast, and brain tumors, University of Alberta researchers are reporting. DCA is an odourless, colourless, inexpensive, relatively non-toxic, small molecule, used for decades to combat metabolic diseases in children.
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British scientists are preparing to begin trials to develop a new way of fighting cancer using the common cold virus. The preliminary research on mice that the viruses work well on tumours resistant to standard cancer treatments.
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