Therapeutic Vaccine Could Fight Pancreatic Cancer
TUESDAY, Jan.9, 2024 -- Patients with the most common form of pancreatic cancer could benefit from an experimental therapeutic vaccine, a small new clinical trial shows.The vaccine, called ELI-002 for now, is targeted to what are known as... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 9, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Florida Surgeon General Warns Against Using mRNA COVID Vaccines Over Possible Cancer Risk
Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Florida’s Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, is warning against any use of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines citing cancer concerns.…#warnsagainst #jacobburg #epochtimes #florida #josephladapo #modernacovid19 #fda #robertcaliff #cdc #mandycohen (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The UCLA Research Park: Immunology and immunotherapy
With the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy at UCLA as an anchor tenant at theUCLA Research Park on the site of the former Westside Pavilion shopping mall, UCLA is poised to enter a new era of biomedical breakthroughs.A first-of-its kind effort in California, the nonprofit public-private partnership will leverage UCLA ’s existing strengths in clinical and biomedical scientific research across a range of disciplines. Top-flight scientists from UCLA and around the world will pursue new tools, treatments and vaccines to address a variety of pressing health challenges, including cancer, infectious diseases...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - January 3, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Schoolgirl gets cancer vaccine in New York after £300,000 fundraising battle
EXCLUSIVE: Arianna Solieri, seven, spent Christmas in New York while having a cancer vaccine treatment not available on the NHS. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Family pins hope on US vaccine for little girl battling rare cancer
A family fervently places their hopes on an experimental vaccine in the US, striving to prevent the disease's return for their little girl, Ava Bolton. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
2023 NIH Research Highlights - Human Health Advances
NIH accomplishments in disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment include an antibiotic to prevent sexually transmitted infections, an mRNA vaccine to treat pancreatic cancer, and an app for autism screening. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - December 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Paywalls Are Slowing the Quest For a Cancer Cure
Despite significant strides in research and treatments–from liquid biopsy to vaccines, from precision medicine to CAR T-cell therapy–cancer remains the leading cause of death across the globe, taking some 10 million lives annually.
And beyond just the devastating human toll, cancer’s economic burden on patients and their families exceeds $21 billion each year, a number estimated to reach $25 trillion between now and 2050.
Recognizing that there is still much to do if we hope to ever beat this insidious disease, the White House announced recently a $240 million investment in the reinvigorated C...
Source: TIME: Health - December 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julia Kostova Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Nigeria: HPV Vaccine - a Beacon of Hope to Eliminate Cervical Cancer By 2030 - Expert
[Daily Trust] A renowned expert, Prof. Ibrahim Yakasai of Bayero University, Kano, has urged parents to take advantage of the free Human Papiloma Virus(HPV) vaccine for cervical cancer and get their girls between age nine and fifteen vaccinated. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 19, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news
Landmark Melanoma Vaccine Could Be Available in Just 2 Years
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel told AFP his company's experimental vaccine against melanoma could be available in as little as two years, in what would amount to a landmark step against the most serious form of skin cancer. Globally there were an estimated 325,000 new melanoma cases and 57 ,000…#moderna #stephanebancel #afp #bancel #rna #merck #keytruda #mrna4157 #massachusetts #fda (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Melanoma vaccine may improve survival, study shows
A new melanoma vaccine has shown its mettle in battling the deadly skin cancer in a new trial. People with advanced melanomas who received the vaccine plus Merck's cancer drug Keytruda were 49% less likely to die or have their cancer return after three years than those who were given only…#merck #keytruda #modernainc (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Efficacy Shown for New Melanoma Therapeutic Vaccine
FRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 -- In a recent trial, a new melanoma vaccine, mRNA-4157 (V940), when taken in combination with Keytruda (pembrolizumab), was found to be effective in battling the deadly skin cancer.People with advanced melanomas who received... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 15, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Moderna: good news on skin cancer vaccine is welcome distraction from Covid-19 shot sales woes
US biotech company’s stock worth nearly $500 at its peak in August 2021, currently trades at less than $87 (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - December 15, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
New Melanoma Treatment Vaccine Shows Promise in Trial
FRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 -- A new melanoma vaccine has shown its mettle in battling the deadly skin cancer in a new trial.
People with advanced melanomas who received the vaccine plus Merck ' s cancer drug Keytruda were 49% less likely to die or have... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 15, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Moderna Stock Soars On'Transformational' Potential Of Its Merck-Tied Cancer Vaccine
Moderna's (MRNA) Merck (MRK)-partnered cancer vaccine reduced the risk of relapse or death by 49% in melanoma patients, the companies said Thursday. The update fueled big gains for Moderna stock, which has been hamstrung recently on Covid news. The companies followed patients who received a…#merck #keytruda #stephanebancel #rbccapitalmarkets #lucaissi #moderna #pfe #importantly #phase2 #rbc (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Science ’s 2023 Breakthrough of the Year: Weight loss drugs with a real shot at fighting obesity
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Obesity plays out as a private struggle and a public health crisis. In the United States, about 70% of adults are affected by excess weight, and in Europe that number is more than half. The stigma against fat can be crushing; its risks, life-threatening. Defined as a body mass index of at least 30, obesity is thought to power type 2 diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, fatty liver disease, and certain cancers.
Yet drug treatments...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 14, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
