SCIENTISTS in Barcelona have found a tumour marker which predicts how cancer cells will respond to immunotherapy treatment – hailed as the future of oncology medication. The report, published in Annals of Oncology and carried out by the Pi and Sunyer Institute of Biomedical Research (IDIBAPS) based at Barcelona’s Hospital Clínic, says the higher the […] Read more
SCIENTISTS at a Madrid neurobiology laboratory have made a ground-breaking discovery as to the origins of Parkinson’s disease, throwing into conjecture previous assumptions about where the condition starts. The HM CINAC, or Integral Centre for Neurosciences, says the disease may not, in fact, ‘spread’ to the cerebral cortex as its ‘final destination’, as has hitherto […] Read more
MORE batches of the high blood pressure drug Valsartan have been taken off the shelves after tests revealed the presence of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a substance which could be cancerous, in some samples. Changes in the manufacturing process at the Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical laboratory in China – authorised by the European Directorate of Quality in Medications […] Read more
