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!
09/18/01
Broad US-Patent Issued to MediGene
(PR Newswire)
... help of therapeutic viruses: on the one hand certain modified viruses can be used to destroy
tumor cells without harming healthy tissue (oncolytic viruses)....... proprietary oncolytic herpes simplex virus (HSV) programs to treat cancer diseases such as
brain cancers and liver metastases....
09/17/01
Veteran players say longevity is no accident
(Indianapolis Star)
... being Super Bowl XXVI MVP and been humbled by the personal despair of losing a young son to a
brain tumor. Full story at The Indianapolis Star ...
09/15/01
Europe Falls Silent to Honor Victims
(AP)
...Randy, a
brain specialist, teaches and researches at Harvard.......She wants the West to go after terrorists the way doctors excise a
tumor: carefully, deliberately, completely. George, a radio advertising executive,...
09/15/01
Europe Falls Silent, Honors America
(AP)
...Randy, a
brain specialist, teaches and researches at Harvard.......She wants the West to go after terrorists the way doctors excise a
tumor: carefully, deliberately, completely. George, a radio advertising executive,...
09/10/01
NeoPharm seeks Orphan Drug status for cancer drug
(Reuters Securities)
Drug developer NeoPharm Inc. said on Monday it has submitted an Orphan Drug Application for its experimental treatment IL13-PE38 for malignant glioma, a lethal form of
brain cancer.
09/07/01
Who: Cellphone Health Risk Needs More Research
(Reuters)
... studies have not been able to conclude that regular mobile phone usage could damage a person's
brain.......Cardis said one reason previous studies, particularly on the link between
brain tumors and phones, had proved inconclusive was because
brain tumor cases often had not used phones...
09/07/01
WHO: Cellphone Health Risk Needs More Research
(TechWeb)
... studies have not been able to conclude that regular mobile phone usage could damage a person's
brain. "Based on current epidemiological evidence, there is no evidence of a strong association......Cardis said one reason previous studies, particularly on the link between
brain tumors and phones, had proved inconclusive was because
brain tumor cases often had not used phones...
09/07/01
Drug That Sends Radiation to Tumors Up for Review
(Reuters)
... could be the first treatment approved to use ''radioimmunotherapy'' to kill
tumors....... sending radiation throughout the body intravenously, the treatment could seek and kill several
tumor sites at once....... new application for Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Gliadel Wafer, which is implanted in the
brain to dissolve and release chemotherapy, for prolonging survival and maintaining function in patients...
09/07/01
Drug that sends radiation to tumors up for review
(Reuters Securities)
..." to kill
tumors....... sending radiation throughout the body intravenously, the treatment could seek and kill several
tumor sites at once....... company's only other marketed product is cancer drug ???iadel Wafer, which is implanted in the
brain to dissolve and release chemotherapy, for prolonging survival and maintaining function in patients...
09/07/01
WHO: Cellphone Health Risk Needs More Research
(Reuters)
... studies have not been able to conclude that regular mobile phone usage could damage a person's
brain.......Cardis said one reason previous studies, particularly on the link between
brain tumors and phones, had proved inconclusive was because
brain tumor cases often had not used phones...
09/07/01
Cellphone Health Risk Needs More Research - WHO
(Reuters)
... studies have not been able to conclude that regular mobile phone usage could damage a person's
brain.......Cardis said one reason previous studies, particularly on the link between
brain tumors and phones, had proved inconclusive was because
brain tumor cases often had not used phones...
09/07/01
Genes That Sustain Cancer Found
(HealthSCOUT)
...The researchers say the finding doubles the number of genes now known to help
tumors build up a network of blood vessels to help themselves thrive....... the researchers screened more than 24,500 genes turned on in a kind of
brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme, which grow with oxygen levels about 15 times lower than...
