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Killer sea snail a target for new drugs
University of Queensland pain treatment researchers have discovered thousands of new peptide toxins hidden deep…
Arthritis drug could be used to treat blood cancer sufferers
Scientists at the University of Sheffield in the UK have discovered that a common drug…
‘Revolutionary’ melanoma drug worth $150,000 a year listed on PBS
The ABC. Patients with advanced skin cancer will soon have affordable access to a promising…
Daily aspirin could block growth of breast and other cancers
“Take two aspirin and call me in the morning” has been the punchline for countless…
Study suggests link between cholesterol drugs and lower risk of cancer death
Women who take statins – drugs that lower cholesterol levels – seem to have a…
Pembrolizumab shows real promise against head and neck cancer
Immunotherapy with the anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab (Keytruda) was effective in one out of four patients…
Study identifies possible new combination chemotherapy for patients with advanced prostate cancer
For more than a decade, oncologists using cytotoxic chemotherapy to treat patients with advanced metastatic…
ESMO announces scale to stratify magnitude of clinical benefit of anticancer medicines
ESMO, the European Society for Medical Oncology, has announced the publication of the ESMO Magnitude…
Australian research unearths new treatment hope
A new cancer-fighting medicine has shown the ability to extend the lives of people with…
Drug-resistant lung cancer may have Achilles heel
Drugs introduced more than a decade ago that target mutations in a protein known as…