(Brown University) Researchers from Brown University and the University of California have shown that the epigenetic profiles of breast tumors are related to patient diet and alcohol use as well as tumor size.
tumor sizeStudy finds diet and alcohol alter epigenetics of breast cancerEurekAlert! - Cancer Thu, 07/29/2010 - 22:00
More Air Into the Health Care Bubble: the $30,000 a Month Cancer...Health Care Renewal Wed, 12/09/2009 - 15:56
Over four years ago, we posted about the stratospheric prices of new drugs that seemed disproportionate to manufacturing and development costs on one hand, and the value of the drugs for patients on the other. For example, back then we noted that thalidomide, a very old drug that notoriously was found to cause birth defects when it was given to preganant women, but that then showed promise as an anti-cancer drug, was being marketed in the US for $29 per capsule (approximately $25,000 a year), w |
