Study: Aspirin May Help Treat Some Colon Cancers

Published November 21, 2012

Study: Aspirin may help treat some colon cancers

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2012 – NEW YORK (AP) — Aspirin, one of the world's oldest and cheapest drugs, has shown remarkable promise in treating colon cancer in people with mutations in a gene that's thought to play a role in the disease. Among patients with the mutations …
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Regeneron, Sanofi Take Step Forward With Cholesterol Drug

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The drug, part of a new class of medicines, would treat people who can't lower their LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol by taking widely used statin medicines, like Pfizer's (NYSE:PFE) Lipitor, Merck's (NYSE:MRK) Zocor, or generic rivals …
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Medgenics Granted US Patent for Core Technology Used in Sustained Delivery …

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… treatment of hepatitis, which has received approval for two Phase I/II trials in hepatitis C from the Israeli Ministry of Health with the first slated to commence in Q4 2012; and has received Orphan Drug Designation from the FDA for the treatment …
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