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Quad Citians struggle to pay for cancer treatmentsFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 1:48PMAs hundreds of celebrities prepare to join Friday's ''Stand Up to Cancer'' telethon, one Moline woman is holding a yard sale. To help pay for her husband Harry's chemotherapy.

Three New Cancer Drugs You Should WatchFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 11:51AMBold New Approaches To Cancer Research Are Needed

Promising Treatment For Metastatic Melanoma 'Fast Tracked' By FDAFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 8:23AMResearchers from the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center played an important role in a study that led to the Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) recent fast tracking of ipilimumab, a promising treatment for metastatic melanoma. The FDA based its decision largely on the results of a pivotal study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on August 19, 2010 the ...

Blood drive honors local menFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 8:21AMCORDELE — Crisp County’s next blood drive Tuesday, Sept. 14 will be sponsored by the Dixie Riders Motorcycle Club in honor of two local men, Michael Sangster and Chris Chappell.

Bioniche reduces net loss per share from $0.15 in fiscal 2009 to $0.02 in fiscal 2010Friday, September 10, 2010 @ 7:37AMBioniche Life Sciences Inc., a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, today announced financial results for its 2010 fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

Multinational Pristine Trial Findings Demonstrate Burden Of Moderate-To-Severe Plaque Psoriasis, And The Efficacy ...Friday, September 10, 2010 @ 6:25AMData from a multinational study demonstrate that etanercept effectively treats moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, with a significant mean improvement from baseline in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) of up to 82 percent at week 24...

Celebration of Caress’ life is set for Sunday in SteamboatFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 2:40AMA celebration of the life of Andy Caress will take place from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Tennis Center at Steamboat Springs.

Jennerex, Transgene enter pact to develop & commercialise JX-594 in Europe, CIS & Middle EastThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 7:42AMJennerex, Inc., a private clinical-stage biotherapeutics company focused on the development and commercialisation of first-in-class targeted oncolytic products for cancer, and Transgene, a bio-pharmaceutical company specialised in the development of immunotherapeutic products, entered into an exclusive partnership to develop and commercialise JX-594 for the treatment of solid tumors in Europe ...

Community BriefsThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 7:40AMVolunteers needed