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!
08/09/01
Stem Cells Offer Therapeutic Promise
(Reuters)
...Stem cells are master cells that have the ability to transform themselves into other cell types, including those in the
brain,...... and that runaway growth of embryonic stem cells could produce
tumors....
08/09/01
Music Notes: Bobby Brown Hospitalized
(ABCNEWS.com)
..." MoreoverFormer Beatle George Harrison has bought a 14 bedroom Swiss villa near the hospital where he was recently treated for a
brain tumor
...
08/08/01
Ex-Beatle Harrison moves to Swiss villa - papers
(Reuters)
Former Beatle George Harrison has moved into a luxury villa in the Italian-speaking southern Swiss canton of Ticino, where he was recently treated for a
brain tumor, Swiss newspapers reported on Wednesday.
08/08/01
Ex-Beatle Harrison Moves to Swiss Villa - Papers
(Reuters)
Former Beatle George Harrison has moved into a luxury villa in the Italian-speaking southern Swiss canton of Ticino, where he was recently treated for a
brain tumor, Swiss newspapers reported on Wednesday.
08/07/01
Introgen Therapeutics Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2001
(PR Newswire)
... Phase II clinical trial for INGN 201 in lung cancer and Phase I trials for INGN 201 in additional cancer indications including prostate, ovarian, bladder,
brain,......Introgen published results of preclinical studies which indicate a possible application of INGN 201 whereby the human immune system may be directed to attack
tumor cells.......INGN 241 (Adenoviral-mda7), for the treatment of solid
tumors, is in Phase I clinical development....
08/04/01
Fan Urges Pause for George Harrison
(Associated Press)
...He has undergone treatment for a
brain tumor, however, and a cancerous lump was removed from his neck in 1997....
08/01/01
Introgen Invites You to Join Its Fourth Quarter Conference Call on the Web
(PR Newswire)
... Phase II clinical trial for INGN 201 in lung cancer and Phase I trials for INGN 201 in additional cancer indications including prostate, ovarian, bladder,
brain,......Introgen published results of preclinical studies which indicate a possible application of INGN 201 whereby the human immune system may be directed to attack
tumor cells.......INGN 241 (Adenoviral-mda7), for the treatment of solid
tumors, is in Phase I clinical development....
08/01/01
Debbie Reynolds Discusses Her Life
(Associated Press)
... because to overcome all these real illnesses - and these are real;
brain tumors are not something you dream up - I think it's a miracle that she's still with us....
08/01/01
Boy Killed in Freak MRI Accident
(HealthSCOUT)
A 6-year-old cancer patient in New York was killed during a routine
brain scan when the machine's massive magnet turned a nearby oxygen tank into a ballistic missile.
08/01/01
IDMedical Signs Up Sixteen Affiliates
(PR Newswire)
...Pennsylvania Happy Harry's Pharmacy Hazelton Chamber of Commerce of Hazelton, Pennsylvania National
Brain Tumor Foundation of Coopersburg,...