USA

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is pouring the windfall profits from its COVID-19 vaccine into developing products to battle cancer, Chief Executive Albert Bourla said at a Reuters event on Thursday. "Pfizer is giving all the profits that we made from COVID...

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, one of the best defenders in NBA history, is being treated for brain Cancer. The 56-year-old from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is always engaged, socially and charitably, with his war-torn country’s challenges....

A team of researchers in Dallas, Texas, has identified a small molecule which could be used against treatment-resistant cancers.

A new cancer drug called dostarlimab is giving hope for beating rectal and possibly other forms of cancer after a trial resulted in the disappearance of tumors in all fourteen patients. Researchers in the field of colorectal cancer are hailing...

Moderna will weaponize the same mRNA technology it used in its coronavirus vaccine against HIV, the flu and even cancer.

A team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, led by Greek Dr. Constantinos Koumenis, has recently discovered a way to make cancer cells produce high amounts of protein so they die. The press...

Greek scientist Nikolas Nikolaidis and his students at California State University in Fullerton have discovered how a certain protein travels within stressed cells and cancer cells — a finding which could lead to new cancer treatments. Nikolaidis, who received his...

Earth Friendly Products, the world's leading green cleaning products manufacturer has partnered up with the American Cancer Society (ACS) and Costco to fight breast cancer. Earth Friendly Products is contributing $1 to ACS breast cancer programs and research for every...

Dr. Iannis Aifantis Greek scientists at New York University School of Medicine led a research team that has found promising drug targets against blood cancer, a medicalxpress.com report says. Dr. Iannis Aifantis and Dr. Nikos Kourtis lead the team that found a...

A Greek researcher has headed a study which discovered how specifically targeted cancer treatment improved patient survival rates. Apostolia Tsimperidou at the Anderson Cancer Centre of the University of Texas in Houston has overseen a multi-year study called IMPACT which involved...

A Greek-American firm which has spent 50 years producing environmentally-friendly cleaning products has announced a year-long partnership with the American Cancer Society (ACS). Earth Friendly Products, the maker of the Ecos range of green cleaners, has committed $100,000 to the ACS and...

By Stacy Dimakakos When Jimmy Pantelidis was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in February of last year, he handled it as he does most other challenges in his life: full-on. Not only did he vow to beat cancer…he vowed to run...

Scientists in the U.S. - including a gastroenterologist of Greek descent - have announced that they have discovered a new organ which appears to play a role in various common diseases such as cancer. The organ is made up of...

American researchers, led by Greek scientist Prof. Nickolas Papadopoulos, have developed a single blood test which screens for eight common cancer types and helps identify the location of the disease. The test, called CancerSEEK, simultaneously evaluates levels of eight cancer...

Over 600 guests attended the 2nd Annual Black Tie “Wings to Cure Gala” in support of the Hippocratic Cancer Research Foundation on Saturday, October 14. Dignitaries included Illinois Governor Bruce and Diana Rainer and His Eminence Metropolitan Nikitas of...