Retinoblastoma

Mirror story on girl with eye cancer saves baby

mirror.co.uk     Sep 1, 2008          

A dad says his baby was saved because he saw a photo in the Daily Mirror of a girl with a rare eye cancer. Seamus McClafferty recognised the unusual glint in the girl's eye and knew his seven-week-old daughter Brooke could...                    

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OXiGENE Promotes Senior Executive (GlobeNewswire)

yahoo.com     Aug 29, 2008          

WALTHAM, Mass., July 15, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- OXiGENE, Inc. (NasdaqGM: ), a clinical-stage, biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treat cancer and eye diseases, today announced the promotion of...                    

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OXiGENE Announces First Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast (GlobeNewswire)

yahoo.com     Aug 29, 2008          

WALTHAM, Mass., April 28, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- OXiGENE, Inc. (NasdaqGM:OXGN - News ) (XSSE:OXGN), a clinical-stage, biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treat cancer and eye diseases, will report...                    

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Woman saves baby’s life — by e-mail

msn.com     Aug 28, 2008   10 related          

It wasn’t easy for Madeleine Robb to send an e-mail to another mom telling her that her baby might have a deadly eye cancer — but her warning may have saved the life of 1-year-old Rowan Santos. “I really had no option,”...                    

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Rare disease strikes kids under 5

mirror.co.uk     Aug 27, 2008          

Retinoblastoma is a rare type of eye cancer that mostly affects children under the age of five. Only around 40 new cases are seen in children here every year. Some may have to lose an eye to stop it spreading, but over...                    

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Blind 13-year-old at ease in cattle show ring

courier-journal.com     Aug 21, 2008          

Dad says animals calmer around him Cramer Schneider guided an oversized blow dryer over his cow Peanut's hair in the West Wing of the Kentucky Exposition Center yesterday. Schneider, 13, of Georgetown, has been blind since age...                    

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New heights for proton therapy cancer treatment

guardian.co.uk     Aug 21, 2008          

Professor Karen Kirkby, of the University of Surrey, has been working hard in the past two years. Determined to help develop new charged particle beam therapies for cancer treatment, she's been involved with the assembly of the...                    

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Hardin's surgery results still months away

fox16.com     Aug 20, 2008          

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) - University of Central Arkansas President Lu Hardin won't know for months whether the surgery he had to shrink an eye tumor was successful. His assistant, Susan Lilly, says the surgery at Methodist Hospital...                    

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Olympic Gold Medalist Inspires Cancer Patients Through Blog

prnewswire.com     Aug 18, 2008   2 related          

High Jump Legend Shares Beijing, Olympic Experiences Through Eyes of Cancer Patient BEIJING, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Dick Fosbury, gold medalist from the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City and innovator of the high jump...                    

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My connection to Sonic Hedgehog

pharyngula.org     Aug 17, 2008          

Some more pure science from guest blogger LisaJ: Everyone seems to love a little Sonic Hedgehog around here. Whenever PZ discusses another function that this fascinating gene is capable of, much excitement ensues in the comment...                    

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