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(University of Houston) The day when ovarian cancer can be treated with a single, painless pill instead of a toxic drug cocktail is the ultimate goal of pioneering research by professor Preethi Gunaratne at the University of Houston.

Her work in ovarian cancer gained exceptional notice and momentum this year with a series of high-profile research grants.

(Georgetown University Medical Center) Preliminary findings from a unique study with sunitinib suggest that it might be possible to tweak the dosage of chemotherapy drugs used to treat HIV-positive cancer patients to achieve therapeutic benefit.

Given the type of drug cocktail patients use to treat their HIV, much more or considerably less chemotherapy may be warranted, say the researchers, part of the NCI-supported AIDS Malignancy Consortium.

The trial design is being presented at the 2010 annual meeting of ASCO.

(University of Alabama at Birmingham) A new study found that while nevirapine works well to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission, a single dose of nevirapine in infected pregnant women can trigger resistance to some forms of the AIDS-drug cocktail (antiretrovirals).

This nevirapine-induced resistance fades after about 12 months and no longer hinders the cocktail, UAB researchers say.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- A three-drug combination aimed at flu appears to overcome drug resistance -- at least in the test tube.