Cancer | -Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus-

Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus During 1872, Moritz Kaposi was a faculty member at the University of Vienna. He was working in the dermatology department when he first described a skin condition that began as small nodules and later developed into larger, vascularized tumors. He observed red to purplish lesions, usually located on the lower extremities of [...]

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Cancer | -Ecstasy Could Treat Blood Cancer-

Ecstasy Could Treat Blood Cancer BRIMINGHAM – Scientists at Birmingham University have discovered a potential form of MDMA (ecstasy) which can be used to treat blood cancers. Studies have been published in Investigational New Drugs, claiming variants of reliable MDMA demonstrated success in 'redesigning the drug for use as … Read More via ickerpress

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Leukemia|-remarkable method wipes out leukemia in 2 patients, improves a third.-

By Stephanie Nano, The Associated Press | The Canadian Press NEW YORK, N.Y. – Scientists are reporting the first clear success with a new approach for treating leukemia — turning the patients’ own blood cells into assassins that hunt and destroy their cancer cells. They’ve only done it in three patients so far, but the [...]

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Scientists find new superbug strain of salmonella.

Reuters – As with many bacteria, multi-drug-resistant, or “superbug,” strains of salmonella infection have developed as the bacteria has found new ways of outfoxing the drugs, and these can spread in food and from person to person. The strain, known as S. Kentucky, has spread internationally with almost 500 cases found in France, Denmark, England [...]

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Professor Ian Frazer closer to creating a skin cancer vaccine.

Cancer expert Prof Ian Frazer is on the verge of a major breakthrough in skin cancer – he hopes to develop a vaccine within a year. The former Australian of the Year and creator of the world's first cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, has developed a world-first strategy to combat the insidious disease that affects two [...]

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New Imaging Agent Being Tested for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s.

Published on the July 25, 2011, DiagnosticImaging.com By Whitney L.J. Howell A new imaging agent currently in Phase III clinical trials could soon make it possible for more radiologists to see beta-amyloid — the brain plaque associated with suspected Alzheimer’s disease — through PET scans. According to David Wolk, MD, University of Pittsburgh neurology professor, flutemetamol, a [...]

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Stem Cell Grown Organ Transplanted Successfully!

OMG, when I read about this earlier today I was simultaneously crawling in my seat and cheering at the prospect of what this will do for human mortality. WTF HAPPENED!? Scientists in Sweden used a cancer survivor's own stem cells to completely rebuild the patient a brand new trachea. The process of building the trachea took a [...]

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E. coli Outbreak: Update #7 – It’s over.

For all intents and purposes, the European E. coli O104:H4 outbreak is over. After nearly a month of investigation, German officials have announced that sprouts were in fact the source of the deadly strain of E. coli that killed at least 36 and sickened more than 3600. While the evidence is not entirely definitive, having [...]

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