Cervical Cancer
Combining the SLP Vaccine With Chemo-immunotherapy in Order to Increase the HPV-specific T-cell Response in Cervical Cancer
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Pharmaceuticals
Leukemia Drug, Iclusig Under Federal Investigation
Oct 14, 2013
| Business of Medicine, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Professional Development, Pulmonary Medicine, The Daily Dose
Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ARIA)’s leukemia drug Iclusig is now under investigation by healthcare officials due to increasing frequency of blood clots and narrowing of the major arteries. The drug was approved last year under an "accelerated process" for the treatment of two rare forms of leukemia. While...
Infectious Diseases
31 Infected by Salt Water-Bacteria in Florida
Oct 14, 2013
| Business of Medicine, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Human Interest, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Public Health & Prevention, The Daily Dose, Travel Medicine
NBC News reports that several deaths have been reported in Florida due to an infection, vibrio vulnificus. The bacteria is often found in warm salt water and is related to the bacteria that causes cholera. Healthcare officials report that 31 people this year have been infected by the bacteria and 10 have...
Advances in Oncology
MRI-Guided Gene Therapy Advances Glioblastoma Treatment
Clark Chen, MD, PhD explains that the most common form of brain cancer, glioblastoma, is also one of the most deadly cancers. Despite efforts to find treatments and cures for the disease, the average survival of these patients is 14 months. However, new MRI-Guided gene therapy is a more precise method of...
