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...negotiate with AIG. What's more, BlackRock said that investment bank Merrill Lynch, which had recently agreed to be purchased by Bank of America, was not willing to strike a deal. If AIG had then paid off only Merrill's bond insurance in full, the other banks may have balked on their less-than-full deals. (See the top 10 financial collapses...
Researchers at Harvard-affiliate Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a group of genes that may predict whether certain breast tumors will recur after being treated by the most common chemotherapy drugs...
According to Richardson, this preliminary research may ultimately provide an alternate approach to treatment for breast cancer patients...
...Professor Craig A. Bunnell, who works in Dana Farber’s Breast Oncology Center, said women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer often have tumors surgically removed before the disease can metastasize. Following surgery, patients receive chemotherapy to destroy any microscopic cancerous cells traveling through the bloodstream and may also undergo hormone and radiation therapy. The dilemma, Bunnell said, is determining which patients will benefit from chemotherapy. Though many stay in remission after chemotherapy, others relapse...
Karen S. Anderson, an oncologist at Dana Farber, said that this preliminary research may also stimulate other investigations about the nature and the development of cancerous cells...