SCIENCE NEWS Cost of Prostate Cancer Care Varies with Initial Treatment Choice A new analysis has found that short-term and long-term costs of prostate cancer care vary considerably based on which treatment strategy a man initially receives. [Press release from EurekAlert! discussing online prepublication in Cancer] Atrazine Causes Prostate Inflammation in Male Rats and Delays Puberty A new study shows that male rats prenatally exposed to low doses of atrazine, a widely used herbicide, are more likely to develop prostate inflammation and to go through puberty later than non-exposed animals. [National Institutes of Health Press Release] A Cluster Bomb for Cancer Care Researchers have developed a nano-sized vehicle with the ability to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly into cancer cells while avoiding interaction with healthy cells, increasing the efficiency of chemotherapeutic treatment while reducing its side effects. [Tel Aviv University Press Release]
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INDUSTRY NEWS BIND Biosciences Presents Preclinical Data for Novel Nanomedicine, BIND-014, at American Chemical Society National Meeting BIND Biosciences announced the presentation of its Medicinal Nanoengineering™ platform at the ACS National Meeting, including results from preclinical studies on its lead nanomedicine drug , BIND-014, scheduled to enter clinical trials later this year. [BIND Biosciences, Inc. Press Release] Stem Cell Agency Commits $243 Million, Expands Team Approach to Developing New Therapies The Governing Board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state stem cell agency created by proposition 71, approved the concept for up to $243 million round of funding to move stem cell-based therapies to clinical trial. [California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Press Release] Sanofi Seeks Efficiencies with New Model Sanofi-aventis is dividing its vast resources into decentralized disease-based units, each with its own departments for research and development, regulatory affairs, marketing, and sales — a plan designed to identify promising drugs more quickly and weed out failures before spending billions on unsuccessful clinical trials. [The Boston Globe]
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POLICY NEWS Lawrence A. Tabak Named Principal Deputy Director NIH National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announced the appointment of Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., as principal deputy director of the National Institutes of Health. [National Institutes of Health, United States] Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration (EUREKA) (R01) (RFA-GM-11-003) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Proposed Collection; Comment Request; STAR METRICS–Science and Technology in America’s Reinvestment: Measuring the Effects of Research on Innovation, Competitiveness and Science (FR Doc. 2010-20614) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting (FR Doc. 2010-20287) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting (FR Doc. 2010-20675) [National Institutes of Health, United States] NIH-RAID Updates on Program Scope and Procedures: Biologics Manufacture, Lead Selection, and Product Development Plans (NOT-RM-10-012) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Support of National Institute of General Medical Sciences Program Project Grants (P01) (PAR-10-266) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Complete List of Currently Approved NDA and ANDA Application Submissions (PDF – 62KB) [Food and Drug Administration, United States]
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EVENTS (Listed by Date) The Science of Global Prostate Cancer Disparities in Black Men August 27-29, 2010 Jacksonville, United States 28th World Congress of Endourology and SWL September 1-4, 2010 Chicago, United States Prostate Cancer Research Institute Conference 2010 September 11-12, 2010 Los Angeles, United States International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) – Europe 2nd Regional Meeting September 11-14, 2010 Belgirate, Italy Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) – Asia Pacific 2010 September 15-17, 2010 Sydney, Australia 2010 Prostate Cancer Canada (PCCN) Conference September 22-25, 2010 Toronto, Canada International Society for Cellular Therapy 2nd Annual Symposium on Stem Cell Translation: Best Practices & Regulatory Considerations September 27-28, 2010 San Francisco, United States 35th European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress October 8–12, 2010 Milan, Italy Frontiers in Tumour Progression October 24-27, 2010 Madrid, Spain Cancer Pharmacogenetics: Personalising Medicine November 22-24, 2010 Madrid, Spain IMPaCT: Innovative Minds in Prostate Cancer Today 2011 March 9-12, 2011 Orlando, United States Visit our events page to stay up to date with the latest events in the cell, gene and immunotherapy community.
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