Liam Little has a rare, life-threatening disease but even at his sickest, his mum Natasha says: “You couldn’t wipe the smile off his face.” The toddler, who has spent much of his life in hospital, was diagnosed with auto-immune enteropathy at nine months of age, a condition in which the...
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Moderna hopes to offer a new set of life-saving vaccines targeting cancer, heart disease and other conditions by 2030, a spokesperson for the company told CNBC on Monday. The spokesperson confirmed remarks Moderna’s chief medical officer, Dr. Paul Burton, made to the Guardian on Saturday. Burton said he’s confident those...
Memphis, TN – Immunotherapy using modified chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells has greatly improved survival rates for pediatric patients with relapsed and recurrent leukemia. However, these therapies are not as effective in treating solid tumors and can have significant toxicity. Findings from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital showed that...
This spring the Moebius Syndrome Foundation will award four educational scholarships of $2,000 each, to individuals who have Moebius syndrome and will be attending an undergraduate college/university/post-secondary vocational school. Three scholarships will be awarded to undergraduates and one to a graduate student! Applications must be received by April 30, 2021....
TAMPA, Fla. — Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer because of its ability to quickly grow and spread throughout the body. More than half of those with advanced melanoma will see the disease spread to the brain, where it rapidly progresses, often leading to death in only three to...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Today, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists published their work on SJ3149, a compound with broad activity against many cancer types, particularly acute myeloid leukemia (AML). SJ3149 sticks to the cancer-related protein casein kinase 1 alpha (CK1α), leading to its destruction. The findings were reported in Nature...
For the first time, researchers have determined, cell-by-cell, the genetic and epigenetic state of ovarian and endometrial tumors. Scientists at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, who led the research said this study is an important step forward in developing a better understanding of gynecologic cancers, as...
Molecular response (MR) in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who were not eligible for treatment discontinuation was maintained with a long-term tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) regimen of 1 month on/1 month off. These findings, from an interim analysis of a phase III, randomized study, were published in Cancer Medicine. Many...
HOUSTON — Moleculin Biotech, Inc, (Nasdaq: MBRX) (Moleculin or the Company), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company with a broad portfolio of drug candidates targeting hard-to-treat tumors and viruses, today provided a preliminary update on recent clinical activity and expected near term milestones across its clinical development pipeline in its quarterly...
HOUSTON, TX — Moleculin Biotech, Inc, a clinical stage pharmaceutical company with a broad portfolio of drug candidates targeting hard-to-treat tumors and viruses, today announced 2023 year-end Annamycin clinical trials preliminary data and 2024 expectations for multiple data readouts and a transition to pivotal Phase 2B/3 clinical studies. The Company also...