UC-San Francisco researchers test cancer 'vaccine' against brain tumor
San Jose Mercury News - Fri Nov 27, 8:59 am ETScientists hope cells from patient's own tumor will trigger immune response
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Scientists hope cells from patient's own tumor will trigger immune response
Despite having a very productive year legislatively, U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-East Haddam) continues to suffer from weak approval ratings in the Quinnipiac University poll, which has caused at least a small number of Democratic leaders to become concerned about whether he can capture a sixth term.
U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-East Haddam) said that Connecticut's insurance industry, which is a major employer in the Greater Hartford area, "is going to benefit tre-mendously" from the pro posed health-care reform package being considered by the upper body.
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island’s Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion has revealed the depth of the divide among Catholics over how politicians should reconcile their faith with their public duties. Bishop Thomas Tobin on Sunday said he made the request because of the Democratic lawmaker’s support ...
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama and top administration officials met at the White House this year with lobbyists and advocacy groups on both sides of the health-care overhaul debate, records show.
The widow of Sen. Edward Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was dying of brain cancer, he had been "in training" to make sure he had enough strength to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration.
The widow of Sen. Edward Kennedy tells Oprah Winfrey that she will never run for the seat in the U.S. Senate that was held by her husband for nearly a half century.
CHICAGO — The widow of Senator Edward Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was dying of brain cancer he had been "in training" to make sure he had enough strength to attend President Barack...
With some charcoal and paper, Mike Mack helps preserve memories. Mack is an auto body mechanic who lives in West Point, b... (1 comment)
Thankful for family ... The father of the bride stood at the back of St. Anselm Catholic Church in Dearborn Heights wearing a black tuxedo. He looked thin but not frail. The hair on the back of his head is sparse in a square patch around the scar where a surgeon removed a brain tumor the size of a golf ball.
Vicki Kennedy has described the awful Spring morning in 2008 her husband, Senator Edward Kennedy , first became ill with the fatal cancer diagnosis that later killed him.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- The heads of health insurance and pharmaceutical trade groups were among those visiting the White House as President Barack Obama pushed Congress to overhaul health care, White House records show.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell , U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue and onetime Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin were among those visiting the White House during President Barack Obama’s first seven months in office, according to records released today.
A Delaware woman is one of 32 college students from across the country selected as a 2010 Rhodes Scholar to study at Oxford University, in England, next fall.
A pink silk dress worn by Jacqueline Kennedy during her second holiday season in the White House went on display yester-day at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.
Crowley native talks about legendary senator on Oprah Winfrey Show