An American bulldog from Hampshire has become the first dog in the world to be fitted with an artificial hip, specially designed to "sandwich" muscle with metal to restore full mobility.
Roly the rescue dog lives with retired engineer Dennis Hoy and his wife, Susan, at their home in Farnborough.
The first time the couple noticed something was wrong was when poor Roly stopped...
Hawthorn Pharmaceuticals and the University of Pittsburgh Sign Exclusive Global Licensing Agreement of CSPG4 Specific Monoclonal Antibodies
May 17, 2010 07:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time
MADISON, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hawthorn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced a global licensing deal with the University of Pittsburgh covering a series of novel monoclonal antibodies for cancer. The antibody portfolio targets a variety of cancers through the cell surface chondrotin sulfate...
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (AHN) - Ontario joined on Wednesday other Canadian provinces in agreeing to pay for a new leukemia drug. Ontario’s decision leaves Nova Scotia as the only holdout among the provinces.
The medication to be funded by the provinces is Rituximab. A spokesman of the Ontario Health Ministry said the province’s Committee to Evaluate Drugs recommended the inclusion of the medication for blood and bone-marrow...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARIA) today announced that it has restructured its July 2007 collaboration with Merck, Sharpe & Dohme Corp. (“Merck”) for the development, manufacture, and commercialization of ridaforolimus – ARIAD’s investigational mTOR inhibitor. The Company will host an investor conference call this morning at 9:00 a.m. ET to discuss the revised transaction and financial guidance....
TGen: The Translational Genomics Research Institute
TGen and VARI study cancer in dogs to find new treatments for humans
PHOENIX, Ariz. - April 15, 2010 - Fido’s wet licks might hold more than love. They could provide the DNA keys to findings new treatments for rare cancers and other diseases in both dogs and human patients.
The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) have created the Canine Hereditary Cancer...
