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Regenerative Medicine: Dr. James Allison of MD Anderson Cancer Cr on promise of new cancer therapies
(Vatican Radio) Over the past five years or more, cancer researchers have made significant strides into finding a cure to the disease which claims 8.2 million lives a year.Dr. James Allison is Chair of the Immunology Department and Director of Immunotherapy at the MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston, Texas, one of the world’s leading research institutions in the sector. Dr. Allison participated at a recent Vatican conference on Regenerative Medicine 28-30 April 2016 where he spoke to Vatican Radio’s Tracey McClure about promising new therapies in the treatment of cancer.Researchers like Dr. Allison are excited about the potential of the body’s own immune system to combat – and beat – cancer, and are developing new and personalized therapies to make it more effective.Listen to the interview: Taking off the immune system brakes for a “wow” momentJA: "The ‘wow’ moment in my research was actually, well ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has given an exclusive interview to the French Catholic La Croix newspaper. In the broad-ranging conversation with journalists Guillaume Goubert and Sébastien Maillard for La Croix, Pope Francis discussed matters ranging from healthy secularism and the right way to understand and live according to the Church’s universal missionary mandate, to the idea of Europe in relation to the migration crisis and the possibility of peaceful coexistence among Muslims and Christians.He also addressed the clergy sex abuse crisis, offering considerations about an ongoing investigation – widely covered in France – involving the Archbishop of Lyon, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, whose handling of the case of one pedophile priest in particular has been subject to scrutiny and criticism.“It is true that it is not easy to judge the facts after decades, in another context,” said Pope Francis.Nevertheless, “For the Church in this area, ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- J.K. Rowling's passion for free expression is so strong it extends to someone she'd otherwise not care to discuss: Donald Trump....
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A gay Texas pastor who sued Whole Foods after he bought a cake that he alleged had a slur written on it in icing has dropped his lawsuit against the grocer....
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) -- Some 8,000 workers at oil camps north of the fire-ravaged Canadian city of Fort McMurray were ordered to evacuate late Monday as authorities continued the battle to bring wildfires under control....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Picture an 18-wheel truck barreling down the highway with 80,000 pounds of cargo and no one but a robot at the wheel....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The National Transportation Safety Board is scheduled to meet to detail the probable cause of last year's deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, a day after a U.S. official briefed on the investigation revealed that the engineer was distracted by radio transmissions....
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- They are Yemen's untouchables....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The eight Supreme Court justices say they'll take care of business until a new ninth justice joins them. Their actions say otherwise....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After a three-month delay, the Senate is acting on President Barack Obama's request for money to combat the Zika virus....
