MRNA Vaccine Fights Deadly Brain Tumor in Small Trial
THURSDAY, May 2, 2024 -- An experimental cancer vaccine can quickly reprogram a person ’s immune system to attack glioblastoma, the most aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer, a small, preliminary study has found.The cancer vaccine is based... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 2, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Vaccine is used to treat incurable brain cancer that killed The Wanted's Tom Parker in groundbreaking trial - fuelling hopes that a jab can stop deadly tumour from growing
The Wanted singer died at the age of just 33 in 2022 after being diagnosed with malignant glioblastoma, a deadly type of tumour that is currently considered incurable. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The extraordinary promise of personalised cancer vaccines – podcast
Glioblastomas are an extremely aggressive type of brain tumour, which is why the news this week of a vaccine that has shown promise in fighting them is so exciting.And this comes right off the back of the announcement of another trial of the world ’s first personalisedmRNA vaccine for melanoma, a kind of skin cancer. Ian Sample talks to Prof Alan Melcher of the Institute of Cancer Research about how these vaccines work and whether they could one day be used to target cancer before it is even detectable on scansClips: BBCRead more about the personalised cancer vaccine for melanomaContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 2, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Ian Sample, produced by Madeleine Finlay, sound design by Tony Onuchukwu, the executive producer was Ellie Bury Tags: Science Cancer research Skin cancer Medical research Society Vaccines and immunisation Health Source Type: news
Potential brain cancer breakthrough in new Covid-like vaccine that trains the immune system to fight disease that killed Beau Biden
The shot trains patients' immune systems to fight malignant glioblastoma , the type of tumor that killed late senator John McCain and Beau Biden. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I thought I was just hungover - but doctors told me I had a year to live: Shock brain cancer diagnosis of 19-year-old supermarket worker who fell ill on girls' holiday to Zante
Ella Pick, 19, from Lincolnshire said she felt 'off' towards the end of a week-long trip to Zante. Later she began experiencing severe migraines and doctors said she had a brain tumour. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is Ozempic the New Anti-Inflammatory Wonder Drug?
Nearly a decade ago, a thin, soft-spoken twenty-something woman named Megan walked into my office and presented me with a meticulous hand-written file containing her gastrointestinal history. The file included descriptions of her initial diagnosis of Crohn’s disease as a teenager, the multiple operations she had endured to remove diseased parts of her bowels, and the array of symptoms she suffered with, including nausea, a dozen bowel movements a day, and a total reliance on nutrition obtained through her veins, known as total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Instead of twenty feet of small intestines that most people hav...
Source: TIME: Health - April 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shilpa Ravella Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
America ’s Age Old Mental Health Crisis
In 1956, my uncle John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. senator, wrote a book that is probably more famous for its great title than its contents. It was called Profiles in Courage. And it was about eight U.S. senators who JFK felt had made particularly courageous contributions to American history.
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For a while now, I have been thinking about what courage means to me. While growing up with my father, Ted Kennedy, in the Senate, and then serving in the House of Representatives myself for many years, I saw quite a bit of bravery in politics. But the truth is, the most courageous people I...
Source: TIME: Health - April 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Patrick J. Kennedy and Stephen Fried Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Q & amp;A: Using radiation therapy to treat brain tumors
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have been diagnosed with a brain tumor and advised to have radiation therapy. I'm very nervous about this and the risks for me, my family and, potentially, another cancer diagnosis. Can you explain why radiation therapy could be right for me? ANSWER: Radiation therapy has been used to treat cancer since the beginning of the 20th century. This type of treatment continues to be one of the most effective treatments for… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 29, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Definitive Therapy Ups Survival in Brain-Only Mets NSCLC Definitive Therapy Ups Survival in Brain-Only Mets NSCLC
Definitive treatment to the primary site improves overall and cancer-specific survival among patients with brain-only NSCLC metastases, a recent retrospective study shows.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology Clinical Summary Source Type: news
[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche sales increase by 2% (CER) in first quarter with both divisions growing in high single digit ex COVID-19
Group sales grew by 2%1 at constant exchange rates (CER) (-6% in CHF), driven by the strong growth of newer medicines and diagnostics. Excluding COVID-19-related products, sales increased by 7%. Going forward, there will be no further material impact of COVID-19 sales declineDue to the appreciation of the Swiss franc against most currencies,saleswere 6% lower when reported in CHFPharmaceuticals Divisionbase business2 grew by 7%, driven by strong sales of medicines to treat severe diseases, such as Vabysmo (eye diseases), Phesgo (breast cancer), Ocrevus (multiple sclerosis), Polivy (blood cancer) and Hemlibra (haemophilia A...
Source: Roche Investor Update - April 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche sales increase by 2% (CER) in first quarter with both divisions growing in high single digit ex COVID-19
Group sales grew by 2%1 at constant exchange rates (CER) (-6% in CHF), driven by the strong growth of newer medicines and diagnostics. Excluding COVID-19-related products, sales increased by 7%. Going forward, there will be no further material impact of COVID-19 sales declineDue to the appreciation of the Swiss franc against most currencies,saleswere 6% lower when reported in CHFPharmaceuticals Divisionbase business2 grew by 7%, driven by strong sales of medicines to treat severe diseases, such as Vabysmo (eye diseases), Phesgo (breast cancer), Ocrevus (multiple sclerosis), Polivy (blood cancer) and Hemlibra (haemophilia A...
Source: Roche Media News - April 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
The Internet Has Made Health Anxiety Worse Than Ever
“Don’t google your cancer,” the oncology nurse said to me as she drew my blood ahead of my first round of chemotherapy. It was 2006 and I was 17 years old. I was very confused by the emphasis she put on this advice. Still, I took the print-out of “safe” web addresses she gave me home and pinned it on the noticeboard in the kitchen, where it stayed, ignored, as I slowly progressed through six months of cancer treatment.
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I was confused because the opportunities for me to use the internet to research my recent diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,...
Source: TIME: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Caroline Crampton Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
‘Kinder’ treatment for childhood brain cancer to be offered by NHS in England
Dabrafenib with trametinib can halt growth of some tumours for more than three times as long as standard chemotherapy, study showsThe NHS is to offer children with brain tumours in England a groundbreaking new targeted drug therapy to tackle the disease – a development charities are hailing as the biggest breakthrough in decades.Gliomas are the most common type of brain cancer in children but experts say the standard treatment of chemotherapy can be brutal and gruelling, and also carries the risk of side-effects such as weight loss, seizures and headaches.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 24, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Cancer Children's health National Institute for Health and Care Excellence England NHS UK news Society Medical research Science Source Type: news
Peninsula biopharma wins 1st FDA approval for drug targeting type of brain cancer in kids
The company was supposed to hear back from the FDA next week, but the agency made a rare ahead-of-schedule decision. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
Neurotechnology Development Must Be Slow and Steady
(MedPage Today) -- Through my work as a neuroscientist who designs neural implants to monitor the injured brain after severe traumatic brain injuries, stroke, and brain cancers, it has become very clear to me that my field needs to communicate... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 22, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
