Recent news on Cytosine Arabinoside

EntreMed Presents Preclinical Data For MKC-1 In Hematological Cancers  -  Apr 20, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Additionally, MKC-1 showed enhanced activity with cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C) in combination studies in vitro when added either simultaneously or

Bioenvision’s Evoltra ® Data Selected for Oral Presentation at ASH ...  -  26 Dec 2006
Business Wire (press release),A Pilot Study Poster Board #128-II Abstract 1951 Phase II Study of Clofarabine and Cytosine Arabinoside in Adult Patients with Relapsed AML and in Elderly

Common chemotherapy drugs can kill healthy brain cells: report  -  26 Dec 2006
Channel News Asia,...led a research team which tested healthy brain cells with normal clinical doses of chemotherapy drugs carmustine, cisplatin and cytosine arabinoside.

Cancer drugs harmful to brain cells  -  Nov 30, 2006
Belfast Telegraph,Dr Noble's team exposed healthy brain cells as well as cancer cells to three chemotherapy drugs, carmustine, cisplatin and cytosine arabinoside,

Chemotherapy May Cause Damage to Brain Cells  -  Dec 1, 2006
The Conservative Voice,The Rochester team tested three drugs used for cancer: carmustine, cisplatin and cytosine arabinoside. All three drugs tested as toxic to types of brain

Chemo drugs ‘destroy brain cells’  -  Nov 30, 2006
The News - International,The Rochester team carried out tests with three drugs used to treat a wide range of cancers: carmustine, cisplatin and cytosine arabinoside.

Chemo drugs damage healthy brain cells  -  Dec 4, 2006
News-Medical.net,...found that several types of key brain cells were sensitive to the three drugs used for cancer: carmustine, cisplatin and cytosine arabinoside.

Study says chemotherapy kills healthy brain cells  -  Nov 30, 2006
Pharmaceutical Business Review...team exposed healthy brain cells as well as cancer cell lines to three commonly used chemotherapy drugs carmustine, cisplatin, and cytosine arabinoside.

Vion Presents Data on VNP40101M for First Relapse of Acute Myeloid ...  -  Dec 14, 2006
DG NewsIn Poster #148-II, entitled "A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Randomized Phase III Study of High Dose Continuous Infusion Cytosine Arabinoside (araC) with

Ben Venue wins Vion anti-cancer contract  -  Dec 14, 2006
In-PharmaTechnologist.com,Cloretazine entered Phase III trials in combination with cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C) in relapsed AML in 2005, and Phase II trials in elderly patients with

Cells: Common Cancer Treatments Toxic To Healthy Brain Cells  -  Dec 1, 2006
BioResearch Online (press release),...human cancer cell lines to clinically relevant levels of three commonly used chemotherapy drugs – carmustine, cisplatin, and cytosine arabinoside.

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