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Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients have been rapidly cleared by researchers testing a cancer drug on mice.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- The cancer drug everolimus (Afinitor) appears to shrink a rare type of benign kidney tumor often seen with tuberous sclerosis, researchers found.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal regulators on Monday approved a pill that treats the most common type of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma....

FDA approves Roche skin cancer drug Erivedge NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators on Monday approved a pill that treats the most common type of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma.

(University of Leicester) Scientists at the University of Leicester have opened up a whole new approach to the therapeutic intervention for a family of anti-cancer drug targets, thanks to a completely new and unexpected finding.

The US drug regulator has withdrawn approval for a popular breast cancer treatment, saying Avastin is not effective enough to justify the risks of taking it.

(MedPage Today) -- The success of imatinib in cancer treatment could spill over to treating tuberculosis. Also in Lab Notes this week, designer peptides for hypertension and sugar for urinary tract infections.

A London hospital's trial of a new cancer drug, which accurately targets tumours, has been so successful it has been stopped early.

(Northwestern University) A drug used to treat cancer may also be effective in diseases that cause scarring of the internal organs or skin, such as pulmonary fibrosis or scleroderma.

The drug, with the generic name bortezomib, stopped the development of fibrotic proteins in human cells and stopped the development of fibrous scarring in a mouse model of fibrotic disease.

There currently is no effective treatment for these diseases, which have a high fatality rate.

It may be possible to extend the usefulness of cancer drugs by preventing drug resistance in tumours, say researchers.