Health News: [cancer]

Sponsored Link Special Offer - Free Trial of Blockbuster.com Rent Movies from Blockbuster.com. Delivered Direct To Your Mailbox. Click here to start today. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, February 13, 2012 9:57 AM PST Your Health News Alert for [cancer] matched the following stories: Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology, Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:45 AM PST OncoPep licenses cancer vaccine, moves to add $500K to Series A http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2012/02/13/daily9-OncoPep-licenses-cancer-vaccine-moves-to-add-500K-to-Series-A.html OncoPep Inc., a virtual cancer vaccine developer based in North Andover, said today that it has signed an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for therapeutic, multi-peptide vaccine technology, and that it expects to close an additional $500,000 Series A funding by the end of this quarter. WEAU Eau Claire, Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:45 AM PST Law enforcement looking for businesses that may have been scammed by man http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/Officers_looking_for_businesses_that_may_have_been_scammed_by_man_139223869.html Officers arrest a man for fraud after he approached businesses and asked if they’d sponsor a children’s cancer run/walk. This happened in the Altoona/Eau Claire area. EurekAlert!, Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:41 AM PST Stress in cells activates hepatitis viruses http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/haog-sic021312.php Substances which suppress the immune system while simultaneously keeping viral infections in check would be an ideal drug for organ transplant recipients. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center have now demonstrated that specific substances with such an activity profile caused a state of stress in cells which promotes the replication of hepatitis B viruses. New England Sports Network, Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:39 AM PST Former NESN Reporter Heidi Watney Returns to Boston for Jimmy Fund Charity Date Auction (Video) http://www.nesn.com/2012/02/former-nesn-reporter-heidi-watney-returns-to-boston-for-jimmy-fund-charity-date-auction-video.html Heidi Watney spent four years traveling with the Boston Red Sox as a NESN reporter, and she hasn't completely cut ties with the team or the city. Watney returned to Boston for the Jimmy Fund Charity Auction, in which dates with 20 bachelors and bachelorettes were auctioned off to benefit the Jimmy Fund and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. To avoid any awkward first-date mistakes, Watney put ... The Huffington Post, Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:37 AM PST Cancer Patient Knows The Legacy She Wants To Leave http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/cancer-patient-knows-the-_n_1273443.html Andrea Clary Vos may be battling stage four lung cancer, but she said she's more determined than ever to make sure she leaves behind "less of a mess (and) more of a legacy." The Globe and Mail, Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:37 AM PST Good news/bad news for kids with juvenile arthritis http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/conditions/cancer/other-cancers/good-newsbad-news-for-kids-with-juvenile-arthritis/article2336468/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Home&utm_content=2336468 Although they do have a higher cancer risk, new research refutes casting the blame on the powerful drugs taken to treat the illness ThirdAge, Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:36 AM PST Komen Founder Under Scrutiny Over Mysterious Expense Report http://www.thirdage.com/news/komen-founder-under-scrutiny-over-mysterious-expense-report_02-13-2012 Cancer fighting charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks over its decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, and its subsequent swift reversal. Part of this media attention has been focused on founder Nancy Brinker, who reportedly billed the charity for $133,507 in expenses at a time when she had a full-time job elsewhere. According to the Daily ... Advocate Tribune, Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:33 AM PST Longtime YM County, Granite Falls public servant, Wambeke, succumbs to cancer http://www.granitefallsnews.com/state_news/x962221753/Longtime-YM-County-Granite-Falls-public-servant-Wambeke-succumbs-to-cancer Granite Falls, Minn. â€" Long time public servant Richard “Dick” Wambeke, passed away this past Tuesday at his home in Granite Falls. Family members said his long battle with cancer ended peacefully in his sleep with his wife Janet holding his hand bedside. The Bay Bulletin, Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:32 AM PST Heads shaved, lives saved: Sheriff's office, firefighters battle in cancer fundraiser http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20120213/NEWS01/302130007/Heads-shaved-lives-saved-Sheriff-s-office-firefighters-battle-cancer-fundraiser?odyssey=mod%7cnewswell%7cimg%7cnews0302%7cp Robbie Murtha, 10, gets his head done, as his younger brother Patrick, 9, looks on amused. EurekAlert!, Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:32 AM PST Enhancing the effectiveness of a breast cancer treatment http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/joci-ete020912.php Breast cancers expressing the protein HER2 have a particularly poor prognosis. Treatment with trastuzumab benefits some patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, but it is not as effective as had been hoped. Researchers have now identified a sequential treatment regimen that enhances the effectiveness of trastuzumab in xenotransplant models of breast cancer. 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