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Pitt Researchers Receive Patent for New Head and Neck Cancer Treatment

It seems that this article is saying that the new drug might treat JORRP and RRP.  What do you think?  Click here for the full article.

The new treatment is based on a form of genetic therapy called “antisense,” or AS, in which a synthesized strand of DNA or RNA targets the EGFR genes within a [...]

Tasmanian Devils’ cause of cancer discovered

Wired Magazine reports that scientists have discovered the true identity of a contagious form of cancer that is killing Tasmanian devils. The population has been devastated by this cancer and researchers were able to trace the source back twenty years to a single animal. It appears that the cancer cells are rouge cells [...]