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FDA NEWS RELEASE The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced approval of the first rapid blood test for antibodies to the hepatitis C virus (HCV) for individuals 15 years and older. The OraQuick HCV Rapid Antibody Test is used to test individuals who are at risk for infection with HCV and people with signs or [...] Source: BBC Health; Journal Nature Medicine. Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute (for those not “in the know”, the Cleveland Clinic is a highly regarded institution) are now conducting human trials of a breast cancer vaccine. The vaccine specifically targets a protein common to breast cancer tumors (a-lactalbumin). Studies upon mice (Sorry PETA, that’s what [...] Source: BBC Health News No, it is not anticipated that home testing for breast cancer, ovarian cancer or prostate cancer will be available any time in the near future. However cervical cancer is unique due to it’s associated risk with the human papillomavirus (HPV or genital warts), 13 of it’s 100 variants apparently cause cancer. The issue [...] Source: American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting 2009, Orlando An experimental vaccine study has shown recent promise in the treatment of melanoma, an often aggressive cancer of the skin. Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer with a projected annual rate of death estimated at 8,650 patients this year alone. The study combines the [...] |
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