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NFCR Leads Delegation to Chinese BioMed Conference, Signs MOU with Host
The National Foundation for Cancer Research, led by Chairman Joseph F. Franlin and President Sujuan Ba, recruited a delegation of eight U.S. cancer technology start-ups for a successful exploratory mission to China. The companies—ArrayBio, Eutropics, Immix Biopharma, InterLeukin Therapeutics, International Cancer Impact Fund, InVaMet Therapeutics, Nonpareil Biotechnologies and Stromatis Pharma—were…...
Genetic Marker Can Help Focus Prostate Cancer Therapies
CLEVELAND, OH — Two studies conducted by the Cleveland Clinic revealed how a testosterone-related genetic abnormality can help predict individual patient responses to specific prostate cancer therapies. The studies, published in the October 12 issue of JAMA Oncology, suggest that men who inherit this variant would benefit from a personalized…...
Firefighters: Heroes in the Line of Fire
All consuming, unforgiving, destructive: adjectives easily attributable to the symptoms, treatments, diagnosis and battle with cancer. These descriptors also paint an accurate rendering of the infernos into which American fire fighters, America’s Bravest, venture unflinchingly as they perform their duty. In a recent exposé, experts uncovered a disturbing trend which…...
Novel CAR-T Treatment Approved for Second Indication
In the past two months, the FDA has approved a revolutionary new form of immunotherapy, called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, for two blood cancers: B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in August, 2017 and now on October 18th, for aggressive diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), a…...










