Names in the news - Baltimore Sun
Dr. Neil B. Rosenshein has received the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Snowmass Institute. Rosenshein is the medical director of the Weinberg Center for Women's Health & Medicine and director of the Gynecologic Oncology Center

New Drug Combination Brings One-Two Punch Against Acute Leukemia - Phramalive.com
CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 16, 2008 Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a drug combination that kills leukemia cells by shutting down their energy source and hastening cell starvation. In a preclinical

Daycare May Ward Off Childhood Leukemia - CBS 13/CW31 Sacramento
NEW YORK (CBS) It sounds strange, but researchers now think the "common cold" and other viruses may actually save young kids from a potentially deadly disease. Daycare may protect children from a form of cancer. According to a recent study these

Researchers Expand Natural Killer Cells In Cord Blood To Fight - Phramalive.com
CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 16, 2008 Researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found a therapy that effectively kills human leukemia cells in mice using natural killer (NK) cells from umbilical cord blood. Patrick

Sector Wrap: Celgene, Genentech in ASCO spotlight - CNN Money
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Analysts said Celgene Corp. and Genentech Inc. are their top picks heading into the 44th annual American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, or ASCO, taking place May 30 to June 3 in Chicago. Abstracts of clinical data

Family Loses 2nd Young Son In As Many Years - NBC San Diego
SAN DIEGO — A North County community is pulling together to help out a family that lost two sons in two years. Jordan Swineheart, 8, died on Monday after being struck by a suspected drunk driver near Flynn Springs. Last year, Jordan's 12-year-old

New Therapy Kills Human Leukemia Cells in Mice - Washington Post
Resize Text FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) A treatment that uses natural killer (NK) immune system cells from umbilical cord blood effectively destroys human leukemia cells in mice, researchers say. The NK cells reduced by 60 percent to 85 percent