Study Uncovers Link Between Chemotherapy Drug and Heart Failure

Study Uncovers Link Between Chemotherapy Drug and Heart Failure

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A team of scientists at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have solved a longstanding mystery about doxorubicin's role in the destruction of heart tissue — a finding that will help identify the patients who can safely tolerate the drug …
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Med school could grow biotech biz

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AUSTIN (KXAN) – An Austin company is very close to gaining approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on a cancer treatment being used on patients at MD Anderson Cancer Center. … That will provide benefits for Central Texas patients …
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Novartis Pregnancy Hormone Seen Lessening Heart Failures

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RLX030, an experimental drug that's a man-made version of the hormone, reduced death rates by 37 percent in patients with a common condition called acute heart failure six months after treatment, according to a clinical trial presented yesterday at the …
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