SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Photon and baryon therapies have been referred to as ‘dream cancer treatment’. Major Korean hospitals are implementing the therapies in their cancer treatment programs, bringing up hopes for domestic cancer patients. According to industry representatives, Samsung Hospital started its first photon treatments this month, and Severance Hospital recently decided to implement [...]
EXTON, Pa. and COURBEVOIE, France, Mar. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Morphotek®, Inc., a subsidiary of Eisai Inc., and AREVA Med, the AREVA Group medical subsidiary developing innovative therapies to fight cancer, announced today that they have entered into a collaborative project to assess the potential of a novel alpha radio-immunotherapy treatment in the fight against [...]
TEL-AVIV, Israel, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:RDHL) (TASE:RDHL) (“RedHill” or the “Company”), an Israeli biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development and commercialization of late clinical-stage, proprietary, orally-administered, small molecule drugs for inflammatory and gastrointestinal diseases, including cancer, today announced a research collaboration with Leipzig-based Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and [...]
DAEJEON, Jan.12 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean and American joint research team has developed a nano-capsule that makes diagnosing cancer within 24 hours possible by injecting the substance into the human body. The organic fluorescent dye contained in the capsule glows in different colors in the presence of different types of cancer cells. Professor Song [...]
SEOUL, Jan.6 (Korea Bizwire) – Research shows that sugar can accelerate the occurrence and spread of breast cancer, proving that there is a reason to cut back on sugar consumption besides the obvious health and weight implications. NBC News and Medical Express reported that a research team lead by Professor Lorenzo Cohen at the University [...]
SEOUL, Dec.18 (Korea Bizwire) – Research shows that most forms of cancer are caused by bad living habits and are not hereditary. A research team at Stonybrook University in the U.S. announced that the results of its research indicate that 70 percent to 90 percent of common types of cancer including breast, testicle and lung [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – After the World Health Organization (WHO) designated processed meats as a carcinogen, meat lovers worldwide are up in arms, and meat producers are suffering from the huge blow. Domestic sales of processed meat such as ham and sausages dropped 20 percent in one day due to consumer apprehension. The [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Smile therapy turned out to boost the self esteem of cancer patients, and make them feel better. The research team at the cancer center of Seoul Asan hospital measured the effects of smile therapy on cancer patients who are going through chemo. They reported that a decrease in negative conditions [...]
MUNICH, April 1, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) - Scientists working on cancer research are now able to use a new non-adherent cell culture surface to support the formation of consistent cancer spheroids in vitro simulating the three-dimensional (3D) structures of tumor growth and providing a better model system for studying tumor cell progression and the efficacy [...]