Moffitt Announces New Research Initiative and Collaboration With Merck (SYS-CON Media)
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Instituteannounced today that it will partner with Merck & Co., Inc., through aMerck affiliate, to expand its efforts in research and biotech with thegoal of developing personalized medicine. This collaboration will developa new research initiative to improve cancer prevention and treatment byusing molecular technology to enhance the ability to diagnose and ......more...Predictive Biosciences Raises $10 Million in Funding to Revolutionize Cancer Management Using Novel Biomarkers; Tony ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LEXINGTON, Mass.----Predictive Biosciences, a pioneer in developing diagnostic products for informed cancer management, announced today it has secured $10 million in Series A financing....more... EDAP Announces Second Sale to Maple Leaf HIFU (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
EDAP TMS S.A. , the global leader in High Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment of prostate cancer, announces the sale of its second Ablatherm HIFU medical device in Canada. Maple Leaf HIFU, the largest provider of HIFU therapy for localized prostate cancer in Canada, will take delivery of the unit by year end....more... Moffitt Announces New Research Initiative and Collaboration With Merck (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute announced today that it will partner with Merck & Co., Inc., through a Merck affiliate, to expand its efforts in research and biotech with the goal of developing personalized medicine. This collaboration will develop a new research initiative to improve cancer prevention and treatment by using molecular technology to enhance the ability to ......more... NATION & WORLD BRIEFING (Pioneer Press)
NATION & WORLD BRIEFING Gates warns of Iraq 'calamity' WASHINGTON ? Robert Gates assumed the helm at the Pentagon on Monday, warning in his first public remarks as defense secretary that failure in Iraq would be a "calamity" that would haunt the United States for years. The former CIA chief pledged to give President Bush his honest advice on the costly and unpopular war and said he would go to ......more... Moffitt Announces New Research Initiative and Collaboration With Merck (RedNova)
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute announced today that it will partner with Merck & Co., Inc., through a Merck affiliate, to expand its efforts in research and biotech with the goal of developing personalized medicine....more... Photomosaic of hope (Lake County News Sun)
Individually, each one-inch by one-inch photo means very little to those not in the picture. Combine more than 1,300 of those small photos together, however, and you get a mosaic of hope for cancer patients throughout the Midwest. The photos are all arranged in the shape of an oak tree and a young boy flying a paper airplane --an image of a carefree spirit. ...more... India's First Trilogy Accelerator Ordered for Leading Cancer Center (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
One of India's premier cancer centers is acquiring the country's first Trilogy® machine from Varian Medical Systems to offer patients the most advanced radiotherapy treatments in the world....more... Obesity Cited Number-One Kidsâ?? Health Issue: Americans Split On Whoâ??s Responsible (Medical News Today)
Obesity or being overweight is seen as the most important health issue for U.S. children, according to a new poll commissioned by Research America and The Endocrine Society. More than a quarter of Americans (27 percent) named obesity as the top health issue for kids, followed by lack of health care/insurance (16 percent) and nutrition/unhealthy diet (9 percent). [click link for full article]...more... |