cancer A breakthrough for brain tumor drug development By Staff Reports 2 weeks ago A breakthrough for brain tumor drug development and personalised medicine published today in Nature Scientific Reports.
Alzheimers and Dementia Cell Therapy Regenerative Medicine A new culprit of cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease By Staff Reports 2 weeks ago It has long been known that patients with Alzheimer’s disease have abnormalities in the vast
Neurodegenerative diseases ‘Skinny fat’ in older adults may predict dementia, Alzheimer’s risk By Staff Reports 8 months ago A new study has found that “skinny fat” – the combination of low muscle mass
Biotechnology cancer Cancer Discovery Medical Devices New Non-Invasive Test for Urothelial Cancer Emerging By Staff Reports 11 months ago Urothelial cancers of the bladder and upper urinary tract are among the most common cancers
Neuroscience Microscopic Chariots Deliver Molecules Within Our Cells By Staff Reports 1 year ago On the cellular highway, motor proteins called dyneins rule the road. Dyneins “walk” along structures
Biotechnology Cell Therapy Clinical Trials Heart Health Immune Cells Mistake Heart Attacks for Viral Infections By Staff Reports 1 year ago A study led by Kevin King, a bioengineer and physician at the University of California
Biotechnology cancer Cell Therapy Gene Therapy Insights from a rare genetic disease may help treat multiple myeloma By Staff Reports 1 year ago A new class of drugs for blood cancers such as leukemia and multiple myeloma is
Biotechnology cancer Cell Therapy Gene Therapy Immunotherapies Immunotherapy treatment option for selected breast cancer patients, genetic study suggests By Staff Reports 1 year ago Immunotherapy drugs could help some breast cancer patients based on the genetic changes in their
Biotechnology cancer Immunotherapies Cancer Immunotherapy May Get a Boost by Disabling Specific T Cells By Staff Reports 1 year ago Cancer immunotherapy drugs only work for a minority of patients, but a generic drug now
Biotechnology Cell Therapy Immunotherapies Infectious Diseases Immune cells may be key to better allergy, infection therapies By Staff Reports 2 years ago By learning how a recently discovered immune cell works in the body, researchers hope to
Biotechnology Cell Therapy stem cells Scientists create stem cell therapy for lung fibrosis conditions By Staff Reports 2 years ago A team of scientists from the UNC School of Medicine and North Carolina State University
cancer Cancer Discovery Study uncovers potential ‘silver bullet’ for preventing and treating colon cancer By Staff Reports 2 years ago In preclinical experiments, researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center have uncovered a new way in
Biotechnology cancer Cell Therapy Clinical Trials stem cells Identification of PTPRZ as a drug target for cancer stem cells in glioblastoma By Staff Reports 2 years ago Glioblastoma is the most malignant brain tumor with high mortality. Cancer stem cells are thought
Biotechnology cancer Clinical Trials Immunotherapies Genetically enhanced, cord-blood derived immune cells strike B-cell cancers By Staff Reports 2 years ago Immune cells with a general knack for recognizing and killing many types of infected or
Biotechnology cancer Pharmaceuticals Targeted drug shows promise in rare advanced kidney cancer By Staff Reports 2 years ago Some patients with a form of advanced kidney cancer that carries a poor prognosis benefited
Gene Therapy Genetic modifier for Huntington’s disease progression identified By Staff Reports 2 years ago A team led by UCL and Cardiff University researchers has developed a novel measure of
cancer International study identifies new genetic risk factors for testicular cancer By Staff Reports 2 years ago Testicular cancer is relatively rare with only 8,850 cases expected this year in the United
Clinical Trials Gene Therapy Altered virus may expand patient recruitment in human gene therapy trials By Staff Reports 2 years ago For many patients, participating in gene therapy clinical trials isn’t an option because their immune
cancer Clinical Trials Alectinib halts lung cancer growth more than a year longer than crizotinib By Staff Reports 2 years ago Findings from a phase III clinical trial point to a more effective initial treatment for
Biotechnology cancer Clinical Trials Prodrug Clinical trial shows experimental drug’s ability to knock down pancreatic cancer’s defense By Staff Reports 2 years ago By adding an experimental drug to a standard chemotherapy regimen, a subset of patients with