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| Countian honored by American Cancer Society Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:51 AM PST A Lancaster County resident was honored recently by the American Cancer Society, East Central Division.Dorothy Tilley, of Manheim Township, was presented with the Excellence in Mission Award at a ceremony held in December at the ACS Lancaster office, 314 Good Drive.The award is presented to an indiv... Dr. Peter N. Burns Receives SuperSonic Imagine’s 3rd Aixplorer Achievement Award Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:51 AM PST CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dr. Peter Burns Received SuperSonic Imagine's Aixplorer Achievement Award for Cancer Research. Prior Recipients Included Sherry Lansing and Dr. Nancy Cappello Pink Power Mom Program Celebrates Sixth Annual Moms Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:49 AM PST ATLANTA, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In its sixth annual contest, the Pink Power Mom program is once again honoring eight women for their strength, community outreach and inspirational fight against breast cancer. All survivors, these recently selected moms are united... Ethiopian girl receives cancer treatment Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:48 AM PST But according to the health professionals involved, it is miraculous Kalkidan made it to Sacramento to receive treatment for her craniopharyngioma, Kalkidan’s form of cancer discovered in the fall. Studies of San Jose dog's cancer may lead to medical breakthroughs for health care of humans Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:42 AM PST Jasper, a 7-year-old rescue dog from San Jose, has a personality that endears him to everyone -- even to cats. Duggan Now Billionaire as Pharmacyclics Up on Cancer Drug Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:39 AM PST Robert W. Duggan, the chief executive officer of Pharmacyclics Inc. (PCYC) , which makes an experimental treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, has become a billionaire after the company’s shares have tripled in a year. Obituaries today: Natasha Turner, 41: 'Don't ever say that I lost my battle with cancer' Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:39 AM PST Today's obituaries Cancer death rate has declined 20 percent since 1991 Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:28 AM PST As of 2009, the overall death rate for cancer in the United States had declined 20 percent from its peak in 1991, translating to the avoidance of approximately 1.2 million deaths from cancer, 152,900 of these in 2009 alone. Bulgaria's Capital Prosecutor Dies of Cancer Aged 38 Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:22 AM PST Sofia district prosecutor Alexander Nalbantov has passed away after losing a tough battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 38. Alexander Nalbantov is survived by his wife and two little children. Prosecutor Nalbantov needed expensive treatment abroad for which his colleagues pooled their efforts to raise money. Speaking for an interview last year for 24 hours daily, he â€" half jokingly â€" said that ... This Week in PLOS Mon, 28 Jan, 2013 09:15 AM PST In PLOS Pathogens , a research duo from the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center reports on new clues about the evolution of simian immunodeficiency virus , a primate lentivirus related to HIV. Alex Compton and Michael Emerman searched for signs of lentivirus-related adaptation in Old World monkeys, looking in particular at the host gene APOBEC3G, which codes ... | |
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