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Beefed-up aspirin, charged with gas, conquers colon cancer in lab

Aspirin has a shot at graduating from its long-term role as a headache fighter and impromptu blood thinner to a heady new role as an anti-cancer pill.

Sanofi, Oxford ally on new cancer research alliance in India

Demonstrating its love of alliances and emerging markets, Sanofi-Aventis ( $SNY ) is teaming up with investigators at Oxford University and an Indian oncology network to pursue new research efforts in

Top biomedical researchers earn the Lasker Award

The Lasker Award, sometimes referred to as the American Nobel, has been given to a group of biomedical investigators who were responsible for key breakthroughs in their respective fields. Douglas

Oxford team engineers virus to attack cancer cells

A team of researchers at Oxford University say that they have refined their ability to engineer a virus that targets specific cells, offering a new approach to treating cancer and creating a new

Oxford-Emergent venture gains $16M for TB vaccine trial

The University of Oxford and Emergent BioSolutions have formed a joint venture--The Oxford-Emergent Tuberculosis Consortium--to further develop MVA85A, an experimental vaccine for the prevention of