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Tests for new cancer drugs not reliable enough, doctors say
2015-06-02 08:56:21| Biotech - Topix.net
CHICAGO: Drugmakers including Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Merck & Co are testing which patients will most benefit from new cancer treatments based on a protein found in their tumors, but that guide, known as a biomarker, may be too unreliable, researchers and health experts said. Bristol's Opdivo and Merck's Keytruda are both therapies designed to block a protein known as Programmed Death receptor that tumors use to evade the body's natural defenses.
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Children the most vulnerable to impacts of climate change, doctors say
2015-05-31 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The sick, the elderly and the young have long been identified as vulnerable to extreme weather events and climate change. But a new report by independent health advocacy organisation Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA), suggests children and paediatric health services could be most at risk. It calls for a commitment to strong targets and leadership in the upcoming global climate negotiations in Paris, a transition to renewable energy, curtailment of fossil fuel burning and a national...
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Texas eased pollution rules on coal plants, environmentalists say
2015-05-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: The State of Texas conspired with the coal industry to illegally exempt 19 coal-fired power plants from federal air quality standards. Thats according to a coalition of Texas citizen groups who on Wednesday filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The coalition of community and public interest groups, represented by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, has called on the EPA to overturn the states decision to exempt those...
Deadly heatwaves will be more frequent coming decades, say scientists
2015-05-25 12:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The heatwave that scorched eastern Europe in 2010, killing thousands of people and devastating crops, was the worst since records began and led to the warmest summer on the continent for at least 500 years, a new scientific analysis has revealed. The research also suggests that "mega-heatwaves", such as the prolonged extreme temperatures that struck western Europe in 2003 will become five to 10 times more likely over the next 40 years, occurring at least once a decade. But the 2010 heatwave was...
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Tech Bloc can be valuable in bringing back ride-sharing, online readers say
2015-05-22 18:27:42| Telecom - Topix.net
San Antonio technology advocacy organization Tech Bloc will be effective in bringing Uber and Lyft back to the city, according to nearly half of all San Antonio Business Journal online readers.
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