Microsulis Medical Limited Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance of Accu2i Percutaneous Microwave Tissue Ablation Device
High Power Microwave Tissue Ablation System Used to Destroy Liver and Lung Tumors
DENMEAD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Microsulis Medical Limited, the leading company in microwave technology for medical devices, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided the company...
Seattle-based Cell Therapeutics (CTI) has taken another step towards gaining European approval for its new treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
CTI said one of the last pieces in the puzzle which will allow them to begin marketing pixantrone has been validated by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), and takes them one step further to marketing the drug across the continent later this year.
Are The Seeds Of Testicular Cancer Sown Before Birth? New Technique Opens Door To Further Study
Scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) have developed a new method to investigate how human testes develop in baby boys before they are born. MRC researchers obtained ethical approval to take testicular tissue from fetuses donated after termination. This tissue was then grafted into mice and cells developed normally, as if inside...
Further research could lead to new drugs, determining risks
HOUSTON, Aug. 16, 2010 – A very aggressive disease with a poor prognosis, gallbladder cancer may be connected to higher exposure to estrogens, according to a group of researchers at the University of Houston (UH).
Dr. Jan-Åke Gustafsson, Robert A. Welch Professor in UH's biology and biochemistry department, described his team's findings in a paper titled "Estrogen-dependent...
Cancer's economic impact is greater than any other cause of death worldwide, according to a study carried out by The American Cancer Society and LIVESTRONG®. The study reveals that cancer costs the world economy nearly US$3 trillion every year. The joint study also looked into the economic burdens of other non-communicable and communicable diseases.