The Total Effort Against Cancer

Using polysaccharides against cancer

Background and objectives: Nowadays cancer is one of the most important concerns of the society. The adverse effects of common therapeutics and resistance of some cancerous cells to treatment have brought the necessity of new approaches towards the issue. Polysaccharides are a group of carbohydrates found in natural sources. In the present article, our goal was to show the posi...

Global effort against rare and orphan diseases.

T he fifth International Congress on Rare Pulmonary Diseases and Orphan Drugs will take place in Milan, Italy, on February 8–9, 2013 (www.pulmonaryrarediseases. com). 10 yrs have passed since the first Congress was held. Since then, the Congress has taken place regularly every 2 yrs, with growing success and ever increasing numbers of participants and speakers from around the world. The Interna...

The Fight against Cancer

The "battle" against cancer.

Downar is to be praised for his brave call to abandon the outmoded language of warfare in the “battle” against cancer. Our job is to help people with cancer survive their illness as well as possible for as long as possible. We do them a terrible disservice by suggesting that their individual strength of character and ability to endure suffering will pull them through. To do so ignores all the e...

A Collaborative Effort Toward Resolving Family Violence Against Women