Cancer Therapies

Generic insulin, cancer therapies? They're coming

9 Feb 2012

Even as Republican presidential candidates vow to dismantle what they call "Obamacare" -- the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 -- some of the law's key provisions are making their way onto the medical landscape. The latest step toward implementing the law came Thursday, as the Food and Drug Administration issued draft rules that will open the U.S. marketplace to "biosimilars ...

ImmunoCellular to Present at the 14th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference

9 Feb 2012

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd.  , a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel immune-based cancer therapies, announced today that its president and CEO, Manish Singh Ph.D., will be presenting at the upcoming 14th annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.

Fasting Might Boost Chemo's Cancer-Busting Properties

8 Feb 2012

Cancer treatment can be brutal for patients. Many of the tools we have-- chemotherapy , radiation--are big, blunt weapons that deal punishing blows to healthy tissues along with cancerous ones. So the hunt has been on for more and more finely targeted therapies that will attack malignant cells yet minimize damage to patients' bodies. [More]