Marshall Edwards, a subsidiary of the Australian pharmaceutical company, Novogen Limited, was formed with the specific intent of increasing the focus on an important new oncological discovery known as multiple signal transduction regulators (MSTRs).

Novogen scientists discovered these regulators, and brought Marshall Edwards onboard to develop the products commercially. The main MSTR, called Phenoxodiol, is currently undergoing Phase III clinical testing in the US, Europe, and Australia. The drug is being developed for the treatment of both early and late-stage prostate and cervical cancer, as well as ovarian cancers that have proven to be resistant to chemotherapy.

Phenoxodiol promotes the death of cancer cells by inhibiting harmful proteins which prevent apoptosis (the natural process of self-destruction in certain cells). The drug can be used in conjunction with other, more traditional forms of treatment.

A feeling of cautious excitement comes with every possibility of reducing or eradicating cancerous cells. What sets Marshall

Taplmmune, Inc. (TPIM.OB) is a developer of new innovative therapeutics and vaccines in the oncology and infectious disease areas. The company’s therapeutics and vaccines are based on technologies that utilize transporters associated with Antigen Processing (TAP). TAP therapy offers improvements in efficacy as well as reduced side effects and a boost in body defenses.

Teplmmune’s TAP cancer vaccine primarily moves antigens to the surface of cells and restores TAP proteins and the immune system’s ability to recognize and destroy cancer cells. The TAP molecule has also shown abilities to enhance the potency of vaccines against infectious diseases.

Taplmmune’s TAP has already been through clinical studies and has proven several forms of cancer that are deficient to the vaccine. Some cancers deficient to the vaccine include melanoma, colon, cervical, lung, prostate, breast and ovarian. The company began their preclinical testing of TAP in 2007, and is currently