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Scientists Can Now Differentiate Between Healthy Cells And Cancer Cells
Posted on January 4th 2009
A new study by McMaster University researchers has provided insight into how scientists might develop therapies and drugs that more carefully target cancer, while sparing normal healthy cells.
Liver transplants from elderly donors are safe
Posted on December 29th 2008
Advanced donor age, per se, does not adversely affect the transplant recipient or the survival of the organ after liver transplantation, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
Study may predict if hepatitis C drugs will work
Posted on December 23rd 2008
Doctors hope to be able to better predict which patients will respond to traditional treatment for the hepatitis C virus using a new method for identifying slight variances in the virus' genetic makeup.
Sorafenib Improves Survival in Liver Cancer
Posted on December 16th 2008
Liver cancer patients in the Asia-Pacific region - where most cases of the disease occur - had significantly improved overall survival when treated with sorafenib (Nexavar), investigators here reported.
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