Brain Tumor News!
Note: The comments under each article title are the opinion of our president, Al Musella, DPM,
and do not reflect official policy of the Musella Foundation!
10/16/01
Research Highlights Comprehensive Cancer Care Conference 2001 October 19-21
(PR Newswire)
... dollars studying promising synthetic drugs to block the growth of blood vessels that feed
tumors, many natural agents have anti-angiogenic properties....... botanicals and other natural compounds. 3:30 - 5 p.m., Potomac 1-2 Nutritional Treatment for
Brain Cancer: Best Case Series (repeated Sunday, October 21, 11:30 a.m....... to improve the efficacy of conventional treatments and significantly prolong life for
brain tumor patients....
10/16/01
DNA Repair Defect May Lead to Brain Tumor
(Reuters)
Researchers have discovered a defect in the body's natural DNA repair mechanisms that may cause a deadly form of
brain tumor called malignant glioma.
10/10/01
Franzen Up for National Book Award
(AP)
... 52 years old and a resident of Amherst, Mass., has had several operations for a
brain tumor and has failing eyesight....
10/10/01
Peregrine gets fast-track for brain cancer drug
(Reuters Securities)
Drug developer Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Wednesday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted the company's experimental
brain cancer drug an expedited review process if it is submitted for approval.
10/10/01
Introgen to Present at UBS Warburg Annual Healthcare Conference
(PR Newswire)
... trials for INGN 201 in additional cancer indications including prostate, ovarian, bladder,
brain, and breast cancer.......Introgen's second product candidate, INGN 241 (Adenoviral-mda7) for the treatment of solid
tumors, is in Phase I clinical development....
10/10/01
Peregrine gets fast-track for brain cancer drug
(Reuters Securities)
Drug developer Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Wednesday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will give the company's antibody-based
brain cancer drug an expedited review if it is submitted for approval.
10/09/01
Michael Rupert Needs 'A New Brain' in DC
(Playbill)
Tony Award-winner Michael Rupert will play the ailing Gordon Schwinn in the Washington, DC, Studio Theatre's staging of A New
Brain, the unique William Finn-James Lapine musical that explores a songwriter's emotional troubles when he is diagnosed with an apparent
brain tumor.
10/08/01
American, 2 Brits Win Medicine Prize
(AP)
...Research into the cell cycle field is about to be applied to diagnosing
tumors and may eventually open new doors for therapy, the committee said. Members of the prize committee...... Arvid Carlsson of Sweden and Americans Paul Greengard and Eric Kandel for research on how
brain cells transmit signals to each other, thus increasing understanding on how the
brain functions...
