Missing cancer cases a worrying pandemic trend
Elizabeth PaynePublishing date:Feb 04, 2021 Fewer Canadians have been diagnosed with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years. Far from being something to celebrate, it is part of a global trend that is raising alarm bells. Across Canada, diagnoses are down by around 16 per cent overall and as much as 25 per […]
World Cancer Day: A leading international awareness day
World Cancer Day every 4 February is the global uniting initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). By raising worldwide awareness, improving education and catalysing personal, collective and government action, we’re working together to reimagine a world where millions of preventable cancer deaths are saved and access to life-saving cancer treatment and care is equal for all – no matter who […]
Doctors fear an impending wave of cancer patients after COVID-19 delays
BY MORGAN LOWRIE, THE CANADIAN PRESS Posted Feb 4, 2021 10:24 am PST MONTREAL, Italy — While the prospectof mass vaccination has raised hopes of the COVID-19 crisis soon waning, oncologists and cancer researchers say one of its grim legacies may be a lingering increase in cancer mortality rates. The pandemic caused a “dramatic” drop in […]
Richmond company looking for ‘holy grail’ in COVID-19 testing
A rapid COVID-19 saliva test could be used wherever crowds gatherMaria Rantanen / Richmond News A Richmond biomedical company is in a race to create a rapid, cheap and portable saliva test for COVID-19 to help open up the economy and give people more freedom to move. Rashid Bux — president and CEO of BioMark Diagnostics […]
Dr. Horacio Bach – receives major grant from CIHR for COVID-19 antibody development
An amazing show of public support for UBC disease researcher Dr. Horciao Bach, who has started his COVID-19 antibody development project. Dr. Horacio Bach is one of BioMark’s scientific advisors and is expert on antibody engineering. He has received a major grant from CIHR for COVID- 19 antibody development. More information can be found at […]
WHO outlines steps to save 7 million lives from cancer
4 February 2020 News release Geneva, Switzerland The World Health Organization (WHO) today spells out the need to step up cancer services in low and middle-income countries. WHO warns that, if current trends continue, the world will see a 60% increase in cancer cases over the next two decades. The greatest increase (an estimated 81%) in new […]
BIOMARK’S LIQUID BIOPSY SCIENTIFIC PAPER TO BE FEATURED AS COVER ON CANCERS UPCOMING ISSUE
Vancouver, British Columbia – (August 19th, 2019) – BioMark Diagnostics Inc. (“BioMark”) (CSE: BUX) (FSE: 20B) (OTCMKTS: BMKDF) is pleased to announce that the article “Liquid Biopsy in Lung Cancer Screening: The Contribution of Metabolomics. Results of A Pilot Study” will be on cover of Cancers. Rashid Ahmed, President and CEO, says, “This latest paper […]
National research team targets glioblastoma
MAY 31, 2019 — Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumour in adults and is characterized by its infiltrative and often fatal progression. The strikingly poor survival for patients with GBM of 14-16 months following diagnosis is due in part to limited early detection methods and an absence of effective treatment options. Funding […]
BIOMARK’S ABSTRACT FOR 2019 ASCO ONLINE PUBLICATION
Follow-up evaluation of outliers with elevated spermine-spermidine acetyltransferase-1 activity. Sub-category: Circulating Biomarkers Category: Developmental Therapeutics and Tumor Biology (Nonimmuno) Meeting: 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting Abstract No: e14536 Citation: J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr e14536) Author(s): Andrew W. Maksymiuk, Paramjit S. Tappia, Bram Ramjiawan, Nazrina Khatun, Rahnuma Parveen, Rashiduzzaman Ahmed, Gina Huang, Rashid Bux Ahmed, […]
Cancer risk in families
If you have family members with cancer, you may wonder if you are at risk of developing it too (if it “runs in the family”). Sometimes a gene mutation that can cause cancer is passed on to you by your parents (inherited). Cancers caused by inherited gene mutations are called inherited cancers. And sometimes cancer […]