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Immunotherapy success for triple-negative breast cancer
A combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy could soon be used in NHS hospitals for triple-negative breast cancer to extend patient survival...
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HER2+ breast cancers may benefit from short-course trastuzumab
A study trialling a short course of trastuzumab in HER2 positive breast cancer patients showed that it is as effective and cheaper than a longer course...
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Generic drug labelling issues could finally have a solution
Dr Scott Gottlieb highlighted how brand reference drug companies voluntarily withdraw their marketing applications and stopped updating their labelling...
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FDA announces steps to modernise drug development and improve efficiency
US FDA commissioner has announced steps to modernise the drug development process to improve efficiency and promote innovation...
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Growth of medical cannabis market after approvals and clinical trials
A report has suggested that growth of medical cannabis will reach between $11.9 and $17.1 billion by 2020, and is currently around $5 to $6 billion...
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AI algorithm used to measure breast density
The algorithm has the potential to standardise and automate routine breast density assessment, with AI being central to breast cancer risk assessment...
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Researchers aim to identify better drug ‘fits’ using technology
The technology aligns with Purdue's Giant Leaps celebration, acknowledging the university's global advancements made in health...
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Therapeutic cell manufacture could be controlled by molecular exchanger
The Dynamic Mass Spectrometry Probe uses microfluidic technology to help separate compounds of interest from the salts in less than a minute...
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Chromosomal instability could predict patients that will benefit from Avastin
A key drug used to treat colorectal cancer could have more specific application using a test to show which patients would respond best to the treatment...
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Detecting early-stage lung cancer when surgical cure is possible
A method using blood tests could enable clinicians to detect and diagnose early-stage lung cancer in order that surgery could be used as a treatment...
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Take control of your impurities testing
5 October 2018 | By PerkinElmer
The control of impurities plays a crucial role in Pharma QA/QC and can be divided in 3 main buckets: Organic, Inorganic and Residual Solvents. On this webinar we are focusing on analytical techniques used for control of Inorganic impurities and Residual Solvents...
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Multicolour 3D images built from 2D using super-resolution microscopy
Researchers have developed a method of exploiting fluorescence in microscopy to generate 3D images of organelles and structures within cells from 2D images...
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Electromagnetic imaging using portable microwave devices
The EMERALD project is supporting 13 PhD students for the development of a portable imaging device that can allow real-time imaging...
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Ultra-thin meta lens enables full colour imaging
A meta lens developed by researchers at only one micron thick, has the ability to perform better than any compound lens currently available...
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Sildenafil could be linked to irreversible colour vision damage
Retinal damage and long term vision problems have been identified in a patient who took a dose of slidenafil citrate over the recommended limit...
