Biology

Cetuximab did not add significant benefit to the nordic flox regimen in first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer

Submitted by esmo on Sat, 09/10/2010 - 1:52pm

Adding the targeted drug cetuximab to a three-drug chemotherapy regimen for first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer does not improve response rate, progression-free survival or overall survival, researchers reported at the 35th Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) in Milan, Italy.

Erlotinib improves progression-free survival as first-line therapy in advanced lung cancer

Submitted by esmo on Sat, 09/10/2010 - 11:42am

Phase-III data presented at 35th ESMO Congress

New targeted therapy adds benefit to erlotinib in some patients with advanced lung cancer

Submitted by esmo on Sat, 09/10/2010 - 11:31am

A subset of lung cancer patients seem to live longer and experience delays in disease progression when a new drug that targets a cancer-associated molecule called MET is added to treatment with erlotinib, the results of a double-blind Phase-II trial show.

Surgical technique relieves painful spine fractures in patients with metastatic cancer

Submitted by esmo on Sat, 09/10/2010 - 11:08am

New data reported at the 35th ESMO Congress

New type of targeted therapy shows promise as first-line therapy for her2-positive metastatic breast cancer

Submitted by esmo on Fri, 08/10/2010 - 5:33pm

A new type of breast cancer treatment has shown encouraging activity as a first-line therapy in HER2-positive metastatic disease, researchers reported at the 35th Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) in Milan, Italy.

Variations on the genetic theme

Submitted by embl on Thu, 08/04/2010 - 10:57am

[Hinxton, 2010/04/08]
EMBL-EBI researchers present global map of human gene expression

EMBL scientists identify the genes involved in cell division in humans

Submitted by embl on Thu, 01/04/2010 - 5:16pm

Heidelberg, 1 April 2010 – Name a human gene, and you’ll find a movie online showing you what happens to cells when it is switched off.

The stream of consciousness that flows across separate glances

Submitted by unitrento on Fri, 26/03/2010 - 9:52pm

[Date: 2010/03/25]
A new discovery about the way the brain understands the visual input from the eyes.
Discovery by CIMeC researchers published in the journal Current Biology.

New training and conference centre for the life sciences at EMBL in Heidelberg

Submitted by embl on Tue, 09/03/2010 - 11:01pm

The German Minister for Education and Research officially opens the EMBL Advanced Training Centre – Funding comes from the German Ministry for Education and Research, the Klaus Tschira Foundation, the federal state of Baden-Württemberg and EMBL’s member states