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Google developing a cancer detector
2014-10-28 18:35:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Google is attempting to diagnose cancers, heart attack risks and other ailments with a system that combines nanoparticles and a wrist-worn sensor.
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Merck Receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
2014-10-27 11:45:00| Merck.com - Research & Development News
Dateline City: WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab), the companys anti-PD-1 therapy, for the treatment of patients with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) mutation-negative, and Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) rearrangement-negative non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease has progressed on or following platinum-based chemotherapy. Language: English Contact: Media Contacts:Pamela Eisele, 267-305-3558orClaire Mulhearn, 908-236-1118orInvestor Contacts:Joseph Romanelli, 908-423-5185orJustin Holko, 908-423-5088 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
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Think pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month {plus a giveaway!}
2014-10-26 11:34:09| Apparel - Topix.net
Great companies are giving back to breast cancer research nonprofits this month through product sales as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month Every fall you start to see lots of pink products popping up in stores and online. That's because October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and lots of companies donate a portion - or sometimes all - of the sales of certain products to nonprofit organizations that raise funds for the cause.
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Medivation lines up cancer drug deal - with an escape
2014-10-25 02:34:46| Biotech - Topix.net
Medivation Inc. broadened its cancer drug portfolio in a low-risk deal with a $5 million upfront payment and an escape hatch. The San Francisco company , which developed the prostate cancer drug Xtandi with Astellas Pharma Inc., said Friday that it licensed exclusive worldwide rights to an immune system-modulating drug from CureTech Ltd. So-called immuno-oncology drugs, including "checkpoint inhibitors" that rev up patients' own immune systems to attack cancer, are a white-hot area of cancer drug development.
Mountaintop Removal Linked to Cancer
2014-10-20 16:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: We know what a mess mountaintop removal makes when the tops of mountains are literally blown off to access the coal inside them. Forests are stripped and debris is dumped into streams and valleys, leaving behind a ravaged landscape. It`s partly responsible for the loss of jobs in the coal industry since it requires only a handful of workers to operate the huge machines involved. Now we`re learning that the process, which has been touted by advocates as cleaner and safer than below-ground coal mining,...
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