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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has awarded Anand Jillella, M.D., Chief of Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant at the Georgia Regents University in Augusta, GA, with $1.68 million in funding from LLS's Therapy Acceleration Program (TAP). Dr. Jillella's proposal entitled "A Simple Patient Care Strategy to Decrease Early Deaths in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL)" will be funded over the next five years. The...
Research identifying genetic factors that affect survival of patients with blood cancers and evaluating the effectiveness of modified treatment strategies to improve outcomes while reducing toxicity will be presented today at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). While the cancer research community has seen many significant therapeutic advances over the last decade, only recently have investigators identified how patients' individual genetic makeup influences...
ATLANTA, Dec. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Research identifying genetic factors that affect survival of patients with blood cancers and evaluating the effectiveness of modified treatment strategies to improve outcomes while reducing toxicity will be presented today at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). While the cancer research community has seen many significant therapeutic advances over the last decade, only recently have investigators...
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. today announced that its operating subsidiary, Anchen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for tretinoin capsules, 10 mg. Tretinoin capsules is the generic version of Vesanoid(®) capsules and is used in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia. Par expects to begin shipping the product before...
SAN DIEGO, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trovagene, Inc. (Nasdaq: TROV), a developer of transrenal molecular diagnostics, received notice of U.S. Patent 8,222,370, titled "Nucleophosmin protein (NPM) mutants, corresponding gene sequences and uses thereof." This is the first U.S. patent issued around this mutation, and is part of a family of filed patents for Trovagene around NPM. Mutation analysis of nucleophosmin-1 (NPM1) is currently used for the diagnosis, stratification and...
Ray Johnston's goal in three years is for his band to sell out at the 1,600-seat House of Blues in Dallas. In eight years, he wants to pack the 6,400-seat Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie, and by 2030, to play to tens of thousands of fans at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.Mr. Johnston's unmentioned goal, though, is to live another year after battling leukemia for the past seven. Despite four relapses, the former Dallas Mavericks basketball player is enjoying life as a rising musician in The Ray...
Arsenic is usually thought of as a poison. Despite this, it has been used in medicine for over 2000 years, and the arsenic compound arsenic trioxide (ATO) is FDA approved for the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia. Now, a team of researchers, led by Aykut Ãœren, at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, has generated data using human cancer cell lines that suggest that ATO might also be of benefit to individuals with certain brain tumors or connective tissue tumors.Certain...
Arsenic, a toxic compound with a reputation as a good tool for committing homicide, has a significant positive effect on the survival of patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), when administered after standard initial treatment, according to a new, multi-center study led by a researcher at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.While arsenic trioxide (As2O3) is known by clinicians to be a highly effective treatment for patients with relapsed APL, its benefit earlier in...
Leukemia and myeloproliferative disorders are serious and often deadly blood cancers. Research presented today at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology introduces potential new treatment options and improved diagnostic methods for patients suffering from acute promyelocytic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and myelofibrosis that are based on a better understanding of the underlying genetic causes of these...
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leukemia and myeloproliferative disorders are serious and often deadly blood cancers. Research presented today at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology introduces potential new treatment options and improved diagnostic methods for patients suffering from acute promyelocytic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and myelofibrosis that are based on a better understanding of the underlying...
