28Feb/13

Investors pump $48M into heart failure device company CardioKinetix – San Francisco Business Times (blog)

Investors pump $48M into heart failure device company CardioKinetix
San Francisco Business Times (blog)
The Menlo Park developer of a catheter-based device for heart failure patients, called the Parachute ventricular partitioning device, said Thursday that it recently completed the $23 million second tranche of the financing. “This financing allows us to
CardioKinetix Completes $48 Million in Series E Financing for Catheter-Based MarketWatch (press release)

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28Feb/13

Rod Shaped Chemotherapy Drugs Coated With Antibodies Aggressively Attack … – Medgadget.com


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Rod Shaped Chemotherapy Drugs Coated With Antibodies Aggressively Attack
Medgadget.com
Chemotherapy medications can be finicky when attacking cancers, showing efficacy but often not enough to subdue the disease. A team of researchers from UC Santa Barbara, South Korea’s Pusan National University, and Genentech decided to investigate
From Spheres To Rods, Reshaping Chemotherapy Drugs May Make Them Far RedOrbit
Nanorods 10000x better at targeting cancerFuturity: Research News

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28Feb/13

Woman Survives Heart Failure and Breast… – ABC News


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Woman Survives Heart Failure and Breast…
ABC News
After surviving breast cancer twice, losing her husband in a freak car accident, and going into heart failure because of the chemotherapy, she considers surviving 50 years one of her greatest achievements. Now, she’s telling her story of survival
Woman Runs Marathon After Surviving Breast Cancer, Heart TransplantKMBZ

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