Tocagen Inc. has announced the publication of data showing the company's investigational treatment for high grade glioma eradicates brain tumors and provides a dramatic survival benefit in mouse models of glioblastoma. Almost all mice receiving the top dose of Toca 511 followed by 5-FC were...
In a ten-year period the number of annual malaria cases globally has fallen by 38%, and by 50% in 43 countries, of which 11 are in Africa, according to a report released by RBM (Roll Back Malaria). Experts say that the total eradication of malaria is really "in sight". The authors of the report...
Breast cancer: for the first time, very specific blood vessels have been discovered in tumors. These vessels facilitate the access of certain white blood cells, known as "killer lymphocytes", into tumor tissues and thus lead to the efficient destruction of tumors. This work, led by Jean-Philippe...
Research published in the November issue of the journal Vaccine found that a global campaign to eliminate polio could save between $40 billion and $50 billion "over the next few decades if the crippling disease is wiped out within five years," Bloomberg reports (Gale, 11/22). The non-profit...
Failure to pursue eradication of polio worldwide given the capacity and opportunity to do so is a violation of ethical principles, foremost among them a "duty to rescue" those in distress, according to ethicists writing in this week's edition of the Lancet. Claudia Emerson, PhD, Program Leader...