Surfing the Web uncovered these news items worth sharing:
- Two researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have produced a video of cancer cells from a breast tumor escaping and metastasizing. The video was featured in the American Society for Cell Biology’s 2015 Celldance video series.
- There’s excitement over the drug Venetoclax! After phase I of a clinical trial, nearly 80 percent of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) responded favorably to the drug. Details provided in NEJM.
- Researchers at the University of Montreal have found that a select number of heart drugs and antibiotics are effective in treating cancers. A total of 14 drugs were identified, mostly cardiac glycosides. Results were published in Cancer Research.