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Sanofi-aventis Contracts Oncodesign® to Develop Experimental Cancer Models

In an effort to boost its image and further develop its R&D pipeline for new oncology products, Paris-based Sanofi-aventis signed a two-year service contract with Oncodesign Biotechnology.

Under the terms of the contract, Oncodesign Biotechnology, a specialist in the identification of novel cancer therapies which has developed an innovative preclinical… Continue

Added by Peter Hofland, PhD on October 28, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Oncologists Call for Co-ordinated Policies to Tackle Cancer

Cancer is a major cause of ill health within the EU, yet co-ordinated attempts to tackle it have been thin on the ground until now. At a dinner workshop at the European Health Forum Gastein (Dinner Workshop 1: “The unified approach: meeting the cancer challenges in the next decade”, European Health Forum Gastein, Thursday 1st October, 2009 – Congress Centre, Room 2 – 18.00-20.30), speakers from the European CanCer Organisation (ECCO), set out their plans to tackle this cancer and to… Continue

Added by Peter Hofland, PhD on October 2, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

AIP UniPHY, a New Web Tool for Physicists, Promises to Enhance Collaboration and Speed in Science

A physicist created the World Wide Web in 1989 as a tool for helping far-flung scientific collaborators share data, and in the two decades since its invention, the Web has changed the world. Now a new Web-based tool for the physics community, called AIP UniPHY, promises to help physicists change the world again.

Announced today by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and Collexis Holdings, Inc., AIP UniPHY is a scientific networking site geared towards physical… Continue

Added by Peter Hofland, PhD on September 8, 2009 at 4:45pm — No Comments

ASCO and Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Examine the Role of Non-Physician Practitioners in Treating Cancer Patients

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the world’s leading professional organization representing physicians who care for people with cancer, has commissioned a new study, funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world’s largest breast cancer organization and the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer, to find out how non-physician… Continue

Added by Peter Hofland, PhD on June 30, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology Will Feature Breakthrough Research in Blood Diseases

The American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world’s largest professional association of hematologists concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders, expects more than 20,000 attendees at the 50th ASH Annual Meeting from December 6-9, 2008, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. The meeting will showcase the latest research and treatments for blood disorders. In honor of the Society’s golden anniversary,…

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Added by Peter Hofland, PhD on December 5, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments