This post was originally published on this site Scores of efforts to mark June’s Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month are designed to raise funds and visibility around the degenerative brain disease and related disorders, and the estimated 50 million people worldwide thought to be affected. Across the United States, patients, caregivers, and advocates will “go…
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FDA Gives OK to Polivy plus Rituxan-Bendamustine Combo to Treat Advanced DLBCL
This post was originally published on this site The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved — with conditions — Genentech‘s Polivy (polatuzumab vedotin-piiq), used in combination with Rituxan (rituximab) and bendamustine (a chemotherapy), to treat adults with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) who had gone through at least two prior therapies. The approval…
Rubraca Maintenance Delays Disease Progression in Subsequent Treatments for Recurrent OC, Phase 3 Trial Shows
This post was originally published on this site Maintenance treatment with Rubraca (rucaparib) delays the need for additional treatments among women with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer — and then extends the time to disease worsening after those subsequent therapies, a Phase 3 trial found. The exploratory analysis from the ARIEL3 Phase 3 trial (NCT01968213) was…
Study Shows How Prostate Cancer Cells Mimic Bone When They Metastasize
This post was originally published on this site Prostate cancer cells can activate genes associated with bone formation and mimic bone cells’ behavior, allowing them to spread into bones. Those findings by by Duke University researchers, have revealed that targeting this transformation process may represent an alternative strategy to prevent the progression and metastization of…
AxoSim Licenses Mini-Brain Technology to Pursue Therapies for Alzheimer’s, Other Disorders
This post was originally published on this site AxoSim has acquired exclusive rights to lab-grown brain miniatures, coined “Mini-Brain,” a technology developed at Johns Hopkins University that uses stem cells to create models of the human brain in a dish. The technique may help speed therapy discovery for many neurological diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease. “Acquiring rights to…
Susan G. Komen, Cancer Australia to Co-fund Metastatic BC Research
This post was originally published on this site A new partnership between Susan G. Komen and Cancer Australia will grant a researcher $450,000 over three years to study metastatic breast cancer. Through a Career Catalyst Research Grant provided by the International Collaborative Research Partnership, Delphine Merino of La Trobe University in Australia will focus on providing…
Tecentriq Combo Prolongs Life of Lung Cancer Patients with Liver Metastases, Phase 3 Study Shows
This post was originally published on this site Adding Tecentriq (atezolizumab) to a combination of Avastin (bevacizumab) and chemotherapy cut the risk of death by nearly half in a group of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with liver metastasis, an exploratory Phase 3 trial analysis shows. The findings were presented at the 2019…
Daffodils Amid the Thorns of Cancer: More Lessons from the Blackberry Patch
This post was originally published on this site About a year ago, I wrote about the blackberry patch in my yard. It’s a wild patch, probably started by a squirrel dropping a berry, and it’s full of thorns. But every spring, I see a daffodil pop up through those thorns. Daffodils are a symbol of…
ME-401 Experimental Compound Reduces Tumor Burden in Follicular Lymphoma, Phase 1 Trial Shows
This post was originally published on this site MEI Pharma‘s experimental compound ME-401 reduced tumor burden in 80% of patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma in a Phase 1 trial, the company said. Responses were comparable among those receiving the treatment alone or in combination with Rituxan (rituximab). Further, the data suggest that the…
Early Data Show Positive Activity of Iberdomide Against Heavily Treated MM
This post was originally published on this site Interim data from an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial show that Celgene’s investigational therapy iberdomide (CC-220), used in combination with dexamethasone, is safe and controlled disease in nearly 90% of multiple myeloma patients who had failed multiple prior treatments. The preliminary findings were discussed in an oral…
First Patient Dosed in Phase 2 Trial Evaluating Ampligen-Keytruda-Chemo Combo for Ovarian Cancer
This post was originally published on this site The first patient has been dosed with Hemispherx Biopharma‘s experimental treatment Ampligen (rintatolimod), in combination with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and cisplatin, for recurrent ovarian cancer. The investigator-sponsored Phase 2 trial (NCT03734692) is expected to treat 45 ovarian cancer patients who responded to platinum-based chemotherapy for at least six months.…
Caring for the Opposite Sex: Dealing with Intimacy Challenges
This post was originally published on this site In the United States, 2.1 million men age 65 and older have Alzheimer’s disease. With Father’s Day approaching, we recognize that these numbers represent many dads, though fewer men than women have the disease. Caregiving isn’t gender-specific. Among Americans age 71 and older, 16 percent of women…











