FDA approves new treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Onivyde (irinotecan liposome injection), in combination with fluorouracil and leucovorin, to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) pancreatic cancer who have been previously treated with gemcitabine-based chemotherapy.
Scientists produce clearest-ever images of enzyme that plays key roles in aging, cancer
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Los Angeles, California - An enzyme called telomerase plays a significant role in aging and most cancers, but until recently many aspects of the enzyme’s structure could not be clearly seen.
Our ancestors probably didn’t get 8 hours a night, either
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Los Angeles, California - They stay up late into the evening, average less than 6 1/2 hours of sleep and rarely nap.
Stereotypes In Health Care Make Patients Feel Worse
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Los Angeles, California - Warning: Stereotypes may be harmful to patients’ health.
UCLA-led study shows deadly prostate cancer cells have stem cell qualities
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Los Angeles, California - Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have shown that the cells responsible for generating deadly prostate cancer share some genetic qualities with the tissue-specific stem cells that naturally reside in the healthy prostate.
FDA approves first Factor X concentrate to treat patients with rare hereditary bleeding disorder
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Coagadex, Coagulation Factor X (Human), for hereditary Factor X (10) deficiency. Until today’s orphan drug approval, no specific coagulation factor replacement therapy was available for patients with hereditary Factor X deficiency.
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