The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted accelerated approval to Amgen’s tarlatamab, a targeted immunotherapy for adults in the advanced stages of hard-to-treat small cell lung cancer that has worsened despite chemotherapy.
Proteins are like tiny machines in our bodies, helping with almost everything we do, including breaking down food, carrying messages between cells, and building and repairing tissues, like muscles and skin.
The FDA cleared the Amgen drug, called Imdelltra, as a treatment for patients with advanced small-cell lung cancer.
The government has imposed precautionary movement restrictions at impacted premises and on animals that have been in contact with the case in Ayrshire, it said in a statement.
The Chicago Department of Public Health is reporting a local uptick in a rare but serious bacterial infection than can lead to meningitis and possibly death.
Dalton Peavler was born with a genetic disease that kept him in the hospital for most of his life.
Human and animal health are closely linked, with many diseases shared between them. As our world becomes more developed and interconnected, the proximity between wild animals and humans is shrinking, increasing the risk of disease transmission. At the same time, humans are growing increasingly dependent on animals as a source of food. The emergence of More
Darfur is on the brink of another disaster as fighting intensifies around El Fasher, the last city in the region not controlled by the Rapid Support ForcesAt the Abu Shouk camp for displaced people on the northern fringe of El Fasher in North Darfur, about seven people a day arrive with injuries sustained from nearby clashes between fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and groups allied to the Sudanese army.For months now the RSF have been besieging El Fasher, the capital of North...
(FOX40.COM) -- For the first time in California history, chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in the state's deer population, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. CWD is a fatal neurologic disease known in cervid animals like deer and elk. It can induce weight loss, clumsy movements, lack of coordination, listlessness, []
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FEATURE (THE CONVERSATION) — Many medical organizations have been recommending lung cancer screening for decades for those at high risk of developing the disease. But in 2022, less than 6% of people in the U.S. eligible for screening actually got screened. Compared with other common cancer screenings, lung cancer screening rates fall terribly behind. For comparison, the […]
Rosa Maria Marques Perestrelo had never smoked in her life and suffered a 'rare condition' as a result of her occupation as a vegetable picker