Tag: Cancer

  • Health

    Potent cancer drugs made from sea squirts

    In May 2000, researchers at Harvard University announced that they had succeeded in synthesizing a complex anti-tumor drug that is more powerful than any other known drug. The drug, ecteinascidin, is so potent that a mere 11 pounds of it should be enough to satisfy the present world demand for an entire year, Elias J.…

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  • Health

    Researchers switch cancer off and on in mice

    An antibiotic added to the drinking water of mice stops the progress of leukemia. Harvard researcher Claudia Huettner cannot do the same thing in humans, unfortunately, but through such experiments Huettner and her colleagues are gaining an understanding of how human leukemias arise. The new knowledge they have gained is providing them with a means…

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  • Science & Tech

    Study says children with cancer often suffer needlessly

    “Since caregivers are very committed to curing their patients, it may be difficult for them to recognize when to incorporate palliative care into treatments, even when there’s little hope of cure,” notes Joanne Wolfe, an instructor at Harvard Medical School and lead author of a report, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, that…

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