April 27, 2009
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Medically interesting Web round-up
- Possible new treatment for neuroblastoma — 3-BrOP — a glycolysis inhibitor worked against human neuroblastoma cells implanted into mice.
- Put some more walnuts on that salad! Hot off the presses from the AACR meeting: Walnuts prevent breast cancer development in mice.
- Did the palliative care providers' blogs and social networks help to overturn the FDA's initial decision on concentrated morphine?
- In humans, a novel nanoparticle developed at Georgetown was able to deliver a functioning copy of p53 gene to tumor cells including metastases.
- Glory, glory, hallelujah! The NCI's "plan to accelerate cancer research" has been released.
- Interesting. Where do medical boards take the most action against doctors and where do they take the least amount of action?
- Let the lawsuits begin: a doctor was convicted of malpractice after he practiced "telemedicine" to prescribe an antidepressant and the patient later killed himself.