3 Cancer Diagnostic Stocks To Watch Following Roche’s GenMark Buy
Biotech companies are showing leadership in early detection of cancer. March 16, 2021 Melanie Schaffer , Benzinga Staff Writer In January, Exact Sciences Corporation EXAS 1.59% announced it completed its acquisition of Thrive Earlier Detection Corp. and got Thrive’s blood-based multi-cancer detection technology. Why It Matters: Early detection of cancer greatly increases the survival rate and smaller biotech companies are showing leadership skills in […]
U of Alberta Researchers Win $120K Grant to Develop Metabolite-Based Lung Cancer Test
Mar 16, 2021 | staff reporter NEW YORK — BioMark Diagnostics said on Tuesday that its collaborators at the University of Alberta’s Metabolomics Innovation Centre have been awarded a C$150,000 (US$120,327) grant to evaluate the company’s metabolite biomarker panel for early lung cancer detection. The funding is being provided through a cancer technology grant program sponsored by […]
Yearly Lung Cancer Scans Are Advised for People 50 and Over With Shorter Smoking Histories
New advice from an influential panel will make more women and African-Americans eligible for CT scans, but some who need them most may not be able to afford them. By Denise Grady March 9, 2021Updated 3:33 p.m. ET New guidelines from medical experts will nearly double the number of people in the United States who are advised […]
Cancer that went undetected during the pandemic an ‘impending disaster,’ specialists warn
Screening tests and diagnostic procedures for some cancers dropped off sharply during the first COVID-19 wave Leah Hendry · CBC News · Posted: Feb 02, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 2 Cancer specialists are bracing for a wave of patients suffering from more advanced disease due to delays in both screening and diagnostic testing during the pandemic. About 60,000 […]
Missing cancer cases a worrying pandemic trend
Elizabeth PaynePublishing date:Feb 04, 2021 Fewer Canadians have been diagnosed with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years. Far from being something to celebrate, it is part of a global trend that is raising alarm bells. Across Canada, diagnoses are down by around 16 per cent overall and as much as 25 per […]
World Cancer Day: A leading international awareness day
World Cancer Day every 4 February is the global uniting initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). By raising worldwide awareness, improving education and catalysing personal, collective and government action, we’re working together to reimagine a world where millions of preventable cancer deaths are saved and access to life-saving cancer treatment and care is equal for all – no matter who […]
Doctors fear an impending wave of cancer patients after COVID-19 delays
BY MORGAN LOWRIE, THE CANADIAN PRESS Posted Feb 4, 2021 10:24 am PST MONTREAL, Italy — While the prospectof mass vaccination has raised hopes of the COVID-19 crisis soon waning, oncologists and cancer researchers say one of its grim legacies may be a lingering increase in cancer mortality rates. The pandemic caused a “dramatic” drop in […]
Richmond company looking for ‘holy grail’ in COVID-19 testing
A rapid COVID-19 saliva test could be used wherever crowds gatherMaria Rantanen / Richmond News A Richmond biomedical company is in a race to create a rapid, cheap and portable saliva test for COVID-19 to help open up the economy and give people more freedom to move. Rashid Bux — president and CEO of BioMark Diagnostics […]
Dr. Horacio Bach – receives major grant from CIHR for COVID-19 antibody development
An amazing show of public support for UBC disease researcher Dr. Horciao Bach, who has started his COVID-19 antibody development project. Dr. Horacio Bach is one of BioMark’s scientific advisors and is expert on antibody engineering. He has received a major grant from CIHR for COVID- 19 antibody development. More information can be found at […]
WHO outlines steps to save 7 million lives from cancer
4 February 2020 News release Geneva, Switzerland The World Health Organization (WHO) today spells out the need to step up cancer services in low and middle-income countries. WHO warns that, if current trends continue, the world will see a 60% increase in cancer cases over the next two decades. The greatest increase (an estimated 81%) in new […]