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Enoki Mushrooms…Potential Danger.
As of the beginning of April the FDA and the CDC are in an ongoing investigation with a multi-state outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes in enoki mushrooms from Korea causing Listeriosis. The organizations still do not know the source of the enoki mushroom contamination but have been tracking shipments of these mushrooms. Three companies have been…
Herceptin? Is it for you?
The intravenous monoclonal drug Herceptin or trastuzumab is a drug used in chemotherapy to treat HER2 positive adjuvant breast cancer, and breast cancer that has metastasized in the body. It can also be used in combination with other chemotherapy drugs to treat HER2 positive metastatic gastric cancer. Monoclonal antibodies are antibodies that are produced by…
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