Cancer results from an abnormal, rapid growth of cells. These cells divide and multiply unchecked, often becoming tumors that invade healthy tissue. They also quickly adapt to changes in their environment and are capable of developing mechanisms of resistance to accepted treatment regimes. For these reasons, the focus of much current research is on new approaches to the disease and agents that work along new biological pathways. Cancer is a serious disease.
Every minute there is another death from cancer in the United States.
Actually, in 1994 cancer was the leading cause of death in British Columbia, Canada. Angiotech is developing promising technologies in each of these areas. Osteoarthritis results from wear and tear on joints and is tied to the aging process. It is the most prevalent form of arthritis. Arthritis is also not a disease to be treated lightly.