lundi 19 février 2018

Onco Actu du 19 février 2018


1. Biologie

Scientists reveal protein that all cells rely on to divide at the right time [institute of Cancer Research]

4.2 Dép., diag. & prono. - Génome

George Church: 'Genome sequencing is like the internet back in the late 1980s.' [The Guardian]

4.7 Dép., diag. & prono. - Col de l'utérus

A look at cervical cancer prevention and screening [Stanford Medicine]

5.10 Traitements - Essais

FDAAA TrialsTracker: A live informatics tool to monitor compliance with FDA requirements to report clinical trial results [bioRxiv]

5.12.4 Immunothérapies - Essais

Pfizer's Bavencio flops third key study, this time in lung cancer. Can crossover really explain it? [FiercePharma]

5.12.6 Immunothérapies - AMM

US FDA approves Imfinzi for unresectable Stage III non-small cell lung cancer [AstraZeneca]

AstraZeneca's immunotherapy drug wins key lung cancer approval [Reuters]

FDA OK makes AstraZeneca the leader in one new segment of the all-important lung cancer market [EndPoints]

FDA expands approval of Imfinzi to reduce the risk of non-small cell lung cancer progressing [FDA]

5.12.7 Immunothérapies - vaccins

Using stem cells to generate an immune attack against cancer [FierceBiotech]

Induced pluripotent stem cells could serve as cancer vaccine [Stanford Medicine]

Stem Cell Vaccine Protects Mice From Cancer [The Scientist]

5.2.2 Pharma - Fusions & Acquisitions

Flatiron’s Next Phase [Flatiron]

The Deeply Human Core of Roche's $2.1B Tech Acquisition - And Why They Did It [Forbes]

Why Flatiron’s Big Exit May Not Be the Boon for Digital Health That Some Expect [Health Advances Blog]

5.4 Traitements - Economie

FDA Head Vows To Tackle High Drug Prices And Drugmakers ‘Gaming The System’ [KHN]

5.5 ASCO

Symposium Highlights New Research on the Needs and Care of Cancer Survivors [ASCO]

6. Lutte contre les cancers

Retooling NCI MERIT Awards to Support Budding Cancer Researchers [NCI]

6.11 Patients

Cancer, Clare and me: actor Greg Wise on the death of his sister [The Guardian]

Living With Cancer: A Cancer Researcher Takes Cancer Personally [NY Times]

6.6 Publications

Making Science Transparent By Default; Introducing the TOP Statement [OSF]

6.7 DMP, Big Data & applis

Your private medical data is for sale – and it's driving a business worth billions [The Guardian]

6.7.2 Applis

Digital cancer patient platform offers info and support [Israel21c]