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World’s first method for continuous purification of valuable antibodies

Without antibodies we would be at the mercy of pathogens or cancer cells. Therapeutic antibodies are used as passive vaccines, for cancer therapy or for controlling autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis. According to “bccresearch.com” the global market for antibody drugs was worth nearly 70 billion USD in 2014 and should rise to 122 billion USD until 2019. Two thirds of those molecules are produced biotechnologically using Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO)…

Helium ions may provide superior, better-targeted treatment in pediatric radiotherapy, study suggests — ScienceDaily

source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140405233829.htm

Long term study: Breast cancer risk increased in young women after treatment for Hodgkin’s disease — ScienceDaily

source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140122091615.htm

Long term study: Breast cancer risk increased in young women after treatment for Hodgkin’s disease

The incidence figures for secondary breast cancer are based on long-term observation of 590 female patients in the German-Austrian pediatric treatment trials dating back to the years 1978 to 1995. The authors estimate that 19% of the girls treated with radiotherapy for Hodgkin’s disease develop secondary breast cancer within 30 years as a result of that therapy. …