Topic: Pre-clinical research

April 20, 2005

FDA puts Ariad drug for cancer on fast track

Sarcomas are cancers that attack bones or soft tissues and affect about 100,000 patients in the United States, with 12,000 cases diagnosed yearly. Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cambridge said the Food and Drug Administration gave fast-track designation to an experimental... ... more

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April 4, 2005

Gastric Cancer: Caused by Chronic Inflammation - A Case Of Too Little Or Too Much Stomach Acid

U-M scientists have demonstrated that chronic gastritis progresses to gastric cancer in mice with abnormally low levels of gastrin - a hormone that stimulates stomach lining cells,

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