RANDOM NEWS/THE SUPREME COURT IS NOW INVOLVED WITH YOUR GENES!

*ONARTUZUMAB (METMAb) is being USED NOW IN MET positive lung cancer in combination with Erlotinib in a GENENTECH supported trial, cal to register patients 888-662-6728.

*What makes prostate cancer cell so suited to proliferate in the bone environment?  Bone metastasis is the primary site of metastasis in prostate cancer and it has been reported that mortality is 5 times as likely in those with Bone Metastatsis!  so this is the single most important event that leads to patient's death.  It is a critical issue to address!

*Tivozanib has failed drastically to cross the first hurdle (ODAC) and no one believes it will win approval of the FDA on July 28.  will wait and see!

*THE SUPREME COURT HEARD ORAL ARGUMENT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT GENES COULD BE PATENTED!  SOON OR LATER, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT YOUR OWN GENES WITHOUT PAYING A FEE TO A COMPANY!  THAT'S HOW UGLY THIS WILL GET!
LET SEE YOU COME TO ME WITH LUNG CANCER, AND I WANT TO CHECK YOUR ROS-1 BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE SEE ROS-1 HAS BEEN PATENTED BY COMPANY X, WE NEED SOME FORM OF CLEARANCE BY A THIRD PARTY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PATENT ON THAT GENE! CRAZY DOES NOT SEEM TO EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THE WORLD OF LEGALESE!