Hundreds of lawsuits alleging Roundup weed killer caused cancer cleared a big hurdle Tuesday when a U.S. judge ruled that cancer victims and their families could present expert testimony linking the herbicide to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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BioMarker Strategies LLC, a pharmaceutical research services firm based in Rockville, announced on Monday that it had received a Chinese patent for a cancer technology.

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A morning procedure in a doctor’s office had Gov. Larry Hogan looking a little different during an afternoon news conference. Hogan sported three small, flesh-colored bandages on his forehead during a redistricting reform news conference Thursday. The bandages were the result of ...

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A collaboration between Johns Hopkins University and Deerfield Management to fuel early stage therapeutics has found its first project, the collaboration announced Thursday. Bluefield Innovations, founded last year, said it will fund a project pursuing a broad cancer target, based ...

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American Gene Technologies International Inc., a leading gene and cell therapy company in Rockville, received a patent covering ways of treating cancer.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will ask Congress for $755 million for cancer research in his upcoming budget, the White House said Monday, bringing the total price tag for Vice President Joe Biden’s cancer “moonshot” to $1 billion. Research into ...

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In his first national television interview Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan discussed cancer, treatment and recovery on “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace. The interview, which was taped a week before it aired, focused on Hogan’s illness. He was diagnosed with ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday that doctors have told him his is cancer is in remission but that he will be starting maintenance therapy to prevent the cancer from returning.

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State Sen. Roger Manno said Monday he is recovering at home after undergoing aggressive treatment for prostate cancer. Manno, D-Montgomery County and co-chair of the Spending Affordability Committee, made the announcement in an email to constituents in which he said ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is out of the hospital and back at work after his first round of chemotherapy for an aggressive form of cancer. Hogan posted messages on social media Thursday saying, “It feels great to be ...

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