Archive: 08/04/2014
New investigational epigenetic therapy shows clinical activity against several blood cancers
Patients with a variety of hematological, or blood, cancers benefited from treatment with OTX015, a member of a new class of investigational epigenetic therapies that block the activity of bromodomain and extraterminal (BET)-bromodomain ...
Apr 8, 2014
Common diabetes treatment could extend hypoglycaemia
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Adelaide have discovered that a common treatment for people with type 2 diabetes could cause longer-than-normal periods of the low blood sugar reaction hypoglycaemia, which ...
Apr 8, 2014
Physiotherapy treatment for 'double-jointed' people
Physiotherapy researchers at UWE Bristol have come up with a package of treatment and information to help people affected by Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS). The project is being funded by the Health Technology Assessment ...
Apr 8, 2014
New antibody-drug conjugate shows early promise against all forms of melanoma
The investigational drug DEDN6526A, which is a new member of a class of drugs called antibody-drug conjugates, was safe, tolerable, and showed hints of activity against different forms of melanoma—cutaneous, mucosal, and ...
Apr 8, 2014
Philippine court rules family planning law legal
The Philippine Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a family planning law is constitutional, allowing the government to provide reproductive health care services primarily to the country's poor despite strong opposition to the ...
Apr 8, 2014