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Multipurpose Molecule for Cancer Surgery

Amplify’d from www.technologyreview.com

A new molecule designed to seek out and label cancer cells could help guide surgeons to hidden pockets of disease–a technology that could one day allow for more complete tumor removal and increase a patient’s chances of survival.

Seeing red: Infrared fluorescent labels, targeted to cancerous tumor cells, provide a luminescent guide for surgeons trying to remove the lethal tissue.
Credit: Nguyen et al. PNAS, doi:10.1073/pnas.0910261107

The molecular label, developed by researchers at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), works in two ways. It tags cancer cells with a fluorescent marker to highlight tumors for identification and removal during surgery, and it contains a magnetic marker that can be used to evaluate the disease via magnetic resonance imaging.

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India takes action against GSK

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India’s drugs regulator has put GlaxoSmithKline
 Plc’s (GSK) cervical cancer vaccine “awareness” advertisements under the scanner, following a similar move against emergency contraceptive commercials.

“We will issue a show-cause notice to GSK and also write to the state authorities about these ads. They (GSK) say the vaccine will be effective for cervical cancer. This kind of advertising is not allowed,” said Surinder Singh, drugs controller general of India. “The ad can send a wrong message to the public also that by getting this vaccine the cancer can be prevented. And these vaccines are not cheap.”

This comes as the ministry of health considers a suspension of advertisements by Cipla Ltd and Mankind Pharma for emergency contraceptives, as their approval was not notified in the official gazette.

Under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, drugs sold under prescription cannot be advertised and this includes vaccines. India only allows advertisement of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs.

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