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• Nov 20, 2008
  SourcePill as good as chemo on lung cancer, but costlier

  LONDON – Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted treatment, ...

• Nov 17, 2008
  SourceRupert Murdoch's Conservative Image Challenged By Soft Treatment Of Barack Obama

  Big, bright pictures, including a two-page poster, show the president-elect in poses ranging from warm and fuzzy to downright heroic. Headlines blare "Top Dog," "One Cool Dude" and "Brink of History."All this from a charter member of what conservatives deride as the biased liberal media, right? Not ...

• Oct 29, 2008
  SourceSource: MTV exec Holt offered MySpace Music job

  MySpace Music has offered its vacant CEO position to Courtney Holt, MTV Networks' executive vice president of digital music and media, according to a music industry source with knowledge of the negotiations.The source said that Holt, previously an executive at Interscope Records, may be close to ...

• Oct 22, 2008
  SourceGene 'roadmap' for lung cancers

  The most complete survey yet of the genes which go wrong when lung cancer takes hold has been carried out by US researchers.The findings, which doubled the number of genes linked to a common form of the disease, will guide researchers in the hunt for new treatments.A UK specialist said some of the ...

• Oct 22, 2008
  SourceScientists find 26 genes promoting lung cancer

  In the largest effort of its kind, scientists have identified 26 genes that, when damaged, appear to promote lung cancer.It's a step toward developing new treatments that can be tailored to specific patients.The federally-funded project was the largest ever to screen genes for mutations in the most ...