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09 Oct 2017

Cancer cure in genetically engineered hens' eggs?

The researchers plan to sell the drug to pharmaceutical companies, halving its price, so the firms can use it first as a research material, the newspaper said.

25 Aug 2017

Cancer drug may benefit inherited kidney disease patients

A drug used in the treatment of cancer may help inhibit the growth of cysts in patients with a form of inherited kidney disease, researchers have found.

09 Aug 2017

New drug may treat blood cancer patients

Researchers analysed gene expression data from 269 AML patients and found an association between the activity of a group of HOX genes and the patient survival rate.

25 Jul 2017

New hope for greying hair? Side effects of cancer drug turns grey hair brown!

Believed to be an isolated case initially, the tables turned when many more patients who used the drug showed the same result.

20 Jul 2017

Drug that re-programmes cells to fight cancer developed in Australia

The therapy involves removing a patient's own immune cells, genetically engineering them to enhance their ability to destroy tumours, and putting them back in the body to fight cancer.

28 May 2017

Personalised cancer drug approved in US

Pembrolizumab is indicated for the treatment of adult and paediatric patients with unresectable or metastatic solid tumours that have been identified as having a biomarker referred to as microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR).

05 Mar 2017

High Court seeks reason for rejection of prostrate cancer drug patent

The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to explain on what basis the Indian patent office has rejected the application by the Regents of University of California seeking a patent for its prostrate cancer drug.

10 Jan 2017

Venetoclax: Wonder drug that 'melts' away cancer approved for human use in Australia

The drug, which was approved for use in the US in August 2016, works by blocking the action of the BCL-2 protein which enables cancer cells to survive, a solution that researchers worldwide have been studying for more than 30 years.

06 Dec 2016

Cancer drug may help increase the number of new eggs in women: Study

A new study has revealed that a treatment with cancer drug may help increase the number of young eggs in women's ovaries.

23 Aug 2016

Pfizer boosts cancer drug roster with $14 billion Medivation deal

Pfizer Inc, beating out numerous other bidders, said it agreed to buy U.S. cancer drug company Medivation Inc for $14 billion in cash, adding its blockbuster prostate cancer drug Xtandi to the company`s growing oncology roster.

04 May 2016

Pfizer approaches Medivation about potential takeover

Pfizer Inc has approached U.S. cancer drug maker Medivation Inc to express interest in an acquisition, raising the possibility of a bid rivaling a $9.3 billion offer by Sanofi SA, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

15 Mar 2016

How alcohol ups breast cancer risk

Drinking alcohol can put you at increased risk of breast cancer by enhancing the levels of a cancer-causing gene, new research has found.

16 Jan 2016

New molecule to track cancer drug in the body

Scientists have developed luminescent molecule that can light up the path taken by chemotherapy drugs in real time, which could help understand why cancer patients respond differently to the same treatment.

25 Sep 2015

Fungi may lead to cheaper cancer drug

An anti-cancer substance which is already known to be found in yew trees can also be derived from a kind of microbial "bandage" that protects these trees from disease-causing fungi.

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