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New drugs that specifically target the mutated genes responsible for cancer growth have shown great success in extending the lives… »   

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the use of ipilimumab for the treatment of previously treated metastatic melanoma.… »   

Diabetes type 2 is caused by insufficient levels of insulin to keep blood glucose under control. Excessive levels of another… »   

Gilead Sciences Inc said on Wednesday that its experimental HIV drug elvitegravir met the main goal of a late-stage clinical… »   

Patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer can safely take an experimental oral drug intended to protect healthy tissue from… »   

Roche’s new cancer drug vismodegib could help patients with a potentially fatal skin cancer type, positive mid-stage trial results showed,… »   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co’s eagerly anticipated experimental drug ipilimumab extended survival of previously untreated patients with advanced melanoma in a late… »   

Oxigene Inc said U.S. health regulators indicated that its experimental thyroid cancer drug may warrant further development, cheering investors a… »   

Monash University researchers are working on a vaccine that could completely cure asthma brought on by house dust mite allergies.

A dendritic cell vaccine personalized for each individual based on the patient’s own tumor may increase median survival time in… »