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Scientists Engineer Vaccination That Provides Instant Immunity To Cancer BioresearchOnline Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:59 AM PST A team of scientists at the Scripps Research Institute has found a way to use specially programmed chemicals to elicit an immediate immune response in laboratory animals against two types of cancer. Strange News, Politics, Sport, and Celebrity on the Anorak Anorak Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:59 AM PST JADE Goody celebrity cancer: Jade’s thumbs up, Jack Tweed’s guilt, Bobby writes and nasty Jade. More pain? Ex-‘Winston Man’ Landers dies Texarkana Gazette Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:57 AM PST MIAMIâ€"Alan Landers, the handsome model who posed for Winston cigarette ads and later sued the tobacco industry over his health claims, has died while undergoing treatment for throat cancer. He was 68. Molecule Provides Clues about How Infection with Human Papillomavirus May Lead to Cancer National Institutes of Health Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:39 AM PST New research shows for the first time that certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV), which cause cervical and some other types of cancer, can inhibit the production of a tiny single-stranded RNA called microRNA 34a, or miR-34a. Group wants more regulation of lab technologists CTV.ca Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:33 AM PST A national body representing medical lab staff is calling on three provinces to step up regulation of lab technologists in the wake of Newfoundland and Labrador's botched breast cancer testing scandal. J. Donald Dunleavy, tavern owner The Philadelphia Inquirer Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:30 AM PST J. Donald Dunleavy, 74, of Margate, N.J., a native Philadelphian who was a Jersey Shore legend as a longtime tavern owner and bartender, died of cancer Sunday at Linwood (N.J.) Care Center. Dead man’s parents lose bid for grandchild New Haven Register Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:26 AM PST Associated Press NEW YORK â€" The parents of a 23-year-old killed by cancer are not entitled to use their dead son’s preserved sperm so they can have a grandchild, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) Offers Greater Sensitivity Over Mammography, Ultrasound And MRI Medical News Today Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:17 AM PST Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) has been proven to be a highly sensitive imaging technique for the diagnosis of invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) -- a type of breast cancer that begins in the milk-producing glands (lobules) and then spreads to the surrounding breast tissues -- according to a study published in the February 2009 issue of American Journal of Roentgenology. Safer Methadone Use For Treatment Of Pain And Addiction Medical News Today Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:16 AM PST New findings may significantly improve the safety of methadone, a drug widely used to treat cancer pain and addiction to heroin and other opioid drugs, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Washington in Seattle. The researchers discovered that the body processes methadone differently than previously believed. Gearing up for relay of a lifetime Daily Pilot Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:16 AM PST Cancer survivor Pamela Curry has undergone eight surgeries over the past 10 years after being diagnosed with stage-3 breast cancer.

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