Alfacell Corporation Files for U.S. Orphan Drug Designation for ONCONASE Alfacell Corporation (Nasdaq: ACEL), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel ribonuclease therapeutics for cancer, today announced it has filed an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to obtain orphan designation for its lead drug candidate ONCONASE® (ranpirnase) for the treatment of patients with unresectable malignant mesothelioma [...]
The Elves Of Christmas Present - Repairs, Gifts Assist Cancer VictimThe second thing Charlie Brison thought about, when his doctors diagnosed his lung cancer, was the list of repairs he needed to do for his family, before... The ultimate "honey-do" list, by a dad with a deadline. For Kalli, his 17-year-old daughter, he needed to fix her car, which had had been parked in the driveway for months, its engine shot. For Jessie, his 13-year-old-daughter, he needed to fix the part of her computer that had fried out, rendering it blind and mute. And the family's only bathroom had leaked for the past 10 years, a slow drip that had eaten away sheet rock, mushed up the floor and the ceiling. The bathroom was its own ecosystem for several kinds of mold and probably a few that scientists haven't discovered y...
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Awards Leading Voices in Asbestos Awareness Top Honors The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) today announced four award winners for their outstanding work and dedication to asbestos awareness related activities. Senator Patty Murray will be presented with the Tribute to Hope Award for her quest to ban asbestos and fund research for a cure; Pat Martin, Canadian Member of Parliament, will receive the [...]
Alfacell Corporation Announces Company Succession Plan Alfacell Corporation (Nasdaq: ACEL) today announced that its Board of Directors has formed a search committee to recruit a President and Chief Operating Officer, a newly-created position at the company. The committee is chaired by David Sidransky, M.D., Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board, and includes Kuslima Shogen, Chairman and CEO, and James Loughlin, C.P.A., [...]
Elevated Protein Levels Linked to Mesothelioma Scientists at New York University School of Medicine and Wayne State University have found a molecule that reveals the early stages of pleural mesothelioma, a chest cancer caused by asbestos. The finding opens the way to a blood test for the disease, according to a new study published in the Oct. 13 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. An estimated 7.5 million workers in the United States have been exposed to asbestos and, according to government statistics, it remains a hazard to some 1.3 million workers in construction and building maintenance.er Registry, either had no or low occupational exposure to asbestos. ......
Second International Mesothelioma Symposium Fresh evidence of progress in the diagnosis and treatment of an aggressive asbestos-related cancer was the highlight of the Second International Symposium on Cancerous Mesothelioma last week. Long considered lethal, meso is a tumor that invades the linings of the lungs, abdomen, heart or testicles. The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) organizes the annual symposium, held this year in Las Vegas Nevada, to unite the meso community and focus on curing the disease.......
