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The job of getting well
As Darby Steadman steps out of her champagne Volvo station wagon, the valet parking attendants at the Johns Hopkins garage warmly welcome one of their regulars. She'll make the 30-minute trip from her Severna Park home every day this week and more than...Tags: Death and Dying, Tampa, Breast Cancer, Medicine, Vaccines
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Enzo Biochem reports higher sales in 4th quarter
james.bernstein@newsday.comBoosted by two acquisitions in the past year and a half, Enzo Biochem Inc., a biotechnology company, said sales rose 18 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended July 31, compared with the same period last year. Enzo Biochem, which is based in...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Biotechnology Industry, Sales, Enzo Biochem Incorporated
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It's not working
The elevator doors open on the fifth floor at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Peggy Murphy tentatively steps out, as if crossing a threshold in the struggle to stay ahead of her breast cancer. Last fall, she had been accepted into Dr. Leisha Emens' clinical...Tags: Life, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Breast Cancer, Vaccines, Diseases
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Genentech's 3rd-quarter profit rises 6.7 percent on cancer treatment sales, meets forecasts
NEW YORK (AP) _ Genentech Inc.'s third-quarter profit rose 6.7 percent on rising sales of key cancer drugs, the biotechnology company said Tuesday, matching Wall Street's profit forecasts. The company lowered the top end of its expected outlook for the...Tags: Medical Specialization, Breast Cancer, Medicine, Genetics, Biotechnology Industry
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Elusive cure
In a darkened slice of a convention center ballroom, Dr. Leisha Emens takes her place in front of hundreds gathered to hear about her latest research.
The Johns Hopkins oncologist doesn't look particularly comfortable in the spotlight. This is no way...Tags: Health Organizations, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Diseases, Research, Pharmaceuticals
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What a vaccine does
In the nearly 40 years since the nation declared war on cancer, great advances have been made in breast cancer screening, early detection and treatment. The death rate for breast cancers has fallen. More is discovered all the time about the genetics and...Tags: Death and Dying, Medical Specialization, Health Organizations, Breast Cancer, Medicine
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Uprooting a mystery
At first, he thought it must be a hoax.
The man in the picture didn't have hands at the ends of his arms; he had what looked like tree branches - two masses of tangled, overgrown bark.
In more than 20 years of practicing medicine, Dr. Anthony Gaspari,...Tags: Medical Specialization, Medicine, Diseases, Britney Spears, Pharmaceuticals
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The trial of their lives
For the past two days, Annie Siple has patiently crisscrossed the Johns Hopkins medical campus for test after test, being scanned by big machines, pricked with small needles, fastened to electrodes, injected with dye. Soon she will find out who is...Tags: Academic Progress, Diseases, Arable Farming, Pharmaceuticals, Cancer
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I Am...A Survivor
By CLOE POISSON |>> Justine Burlock, 17, was diagnosed with cancer last year. After months of treatment, the cancer is in remission, although she still must undergo chemotherapy twice a month at Connecticut Children's Medical Center. If she remains cancer-free, her...Tags: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Cancer, Death and Dying, Diseases
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Hofstra professor aims to unseat Dean Skelos
sid.cassese@newsday.comNinth District challenger Roy Simon said he has a surprise in store for Republican incumbent state Sen. Dean Skelos of Rockville Centre, the newly minted majority leader. "I am going to beat him," Simon, a Democrat, said of the 24-year Senate veteran...Tags: Fordham University, Colleges and Universities, Economic Policy, State Budgets, Personal Income
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The force of faith
By Dr. Rick BoulayDr. Rick Boulay is chief of gynecological oncology at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network. He has started a nonprofit in honor of his grandmother, the Catherine Boulay Foundation, to support the journey through cancer and beyond. ''Je pense que...Tags: Breast Cancer, Diseases, Religious Texts, Rituals, Bible
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President Clinton stumps for stem cells in Mich.
Associated Press WriterFormer President Bill Clinton on Friday said a state ballot proposal that would loosen restrictions on embryonic stem cell research is crucial for the health of residents and the economy of the struggling state. "If I were in Michigan and I didn't...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Medical Specialization, Lou Gehrig, Voting, Alzheimer's Disease
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