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GPC Biotech slashes 44 pct of workforce to survive
Reuters – FRANKFURT, Nov 15 (Reuters) – GPC Biotech (GPCG.DE: Quote , Profile , Research ) is cutting 44 percent of its workforce, or 103 staff, the German biotech company said on Thursday, after its key prostate cancer drug hope satraplatin failed in a
Source: www.reuters.com

Aussies make infant cancer breakthrough
News.com.au – AUSTRALIAN researchers have pinpointed proteins that lead to the development of a cancer found mainly in infants, the New South Wales Government says. Researchers from the Children’s Cancer Institute of Australia led by Professor Glenn Marshall
Source: www.news.com.au

King of the hills | Boyne USA has a big say on our slopes
Seattle Times – He just finished a rough course of chemotherapy and radiation treatments for early stage bile-duct cancer, related to a long-standing liver condition. Sometime soon, he says, he will need a liver transplant. A close friend already has stepped up and
Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com

Monty Westmore | Film makeup artist, 84
Philadelphia Inquirer – Monty Westmore, 84, a third-generation member of a family of Hollywood makeup artists whose career included The Towering Inferno, Jurassic Park and Hook , died Tuesday of prostate cancer in Los Angeles, a cousin said. In a career that began in the
Source: www.philly.com

Angler extraordinaire
Chicago Tribune – Chapralis, 75, died Saturday, Nov. 10, in Rush North Shore Medical Center in Skokie of complications from lung cancer and heart failure, said his wife, Sally. He was a resident of Skokie. Mr. Chapralis created a fishing division for Safari
Source: www.chicagotribune.com