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IBM Watson, Pfizer join forces on cancer drug discovery
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IBM Watson and Pfizer teamed up in a new arrangement that will bring supercomputing capabilities to cancer drug discovery.Pfizer, in fact, will employ Watson for addiction Discovery's machine learning, natural language processing and other cognitive reasoning technologies to identify new drugs, combination therapies and patient selection strategies in immuno-oncology.Immuno-oncology is an approach to cancer treatment that uses the body's immune system to help fight cancer, the companies said.Oncology researchers at Pfizer will use Watson to analyze massive volumes of disparate data, including licensed and publicly available data as well as Pfizer's proprietary data.
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New cancer drug benefit study sure to add to debate over drug prices
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Drugmakers are already facing growing backlash to the perceived high prices of drugs, but a new study about the real benefits of cancer drugs is sure to add fuel to the fire.It says that follow-up studies of cancer drugs that won speedy approvals based on early results found most did not prolong or improve life in patients.The study was of 18 cancer drugs approved by the FDA between 2008 and 2012.It found that of 13 where further studies were available, none of the drugs were determined to prolong life, and only one had enough evidence to say it improved quality of life.
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Three cancer patients explain how a psychedelic drug eased their fears
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New research finds that psilocybin, the long-banned active compound in "magic mushrooms," helps cancer patients deal with the anxiety, depression and fear of death that often accompanies the disease.Two studies published Thursday found that a single dose of psilocybin reduced negative feelings for months at a time while increasing optimism, feelings of connection with other people, and mystical and spiritual experiences.The findings, which appeared in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, are from clinical trials at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and New York University Langone Medical Center.Here is how some participants described their experiences:Petra, a Seattle resident who spoke on the condition that her last name not be used for privacy, had ovarian cancer and was worried about its return.
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