Osaka, Japan – Plasma-activated medium (PAM) shows tumor-fighting effects against the rare form of cancer known as synovial sarcoma, an Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team has found. The group irradiated a mammalian cell culture medium with non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma to produce PAM and conducted in vitro tests using human cells and...
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Osaka, Japan – It might start simply, with a cough or sneeze…but in some cases, the flu virus can make its way to your brain, causing serious symptoms or even death through a disease known as influenza-associated encephalopathy (IAE). Now, in a study published in Acta Neuropathologica, researchers have revealed...
PANGYO, South Korea, Feb. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Oscotec Inc. and ADEL Inc. announced the dosing of the first healthy participant in its first-in-human study of ADEL-Y01 for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Oscotec and ADEL are jointly developing a novel disease-modifying immunotherapy agent (ADEL-Y01) targeting tau protein accumulation...
Nantes – OSE Immunotherapeutics (FR0012127173) and the French cooperative group ARCAGY-GINECO today announced that the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety (ANSM) and the French Central Ethic Committee (CPP) approved the initiation of a new Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating Tedopi® in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer...
Compared with afatinib, treatment with osimertinib demonstrates better survival outcomes for patients with T790M-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that does not initially respond to initial epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI), according to study results published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine. A team of investigators in China conducted a...
In the Phase 3 VISIONARY study, sibeprenlimab achieved a statistically significant and clinically meaningful 51.2% (P<0.0001) reduction in proteinuria at nine months of treatment when compared to placebo The safety profile of sibeprenlimab was favorable and consistent with previously reported data Immunoglobulin A nephropathy is a progressive, immune-mediated, chronic kidney...
Norman, Oklahoma – Researchers at OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences have embarked on a revolutionary new research study that could improve the detection of a deadly disease — pancreatic cancer — and give patients a chance to live longer, healthier lives. The research...
Evanston, Illinois — Women diagnosed with ovarian cancer may initially respond well to chemotherapy, but the majority of them will develop resistance to treatment and die from the disease. Now Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered the Achilles heel of chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer — its hunger for cholesterol — and how...
Oxford, UK and San Jose, Calif. – Oxford BioTherapeutics (‘OBT’), a clinical stage oncology company with a pipeline of immuno-oncology and antibody-drug conjugate (ADC)-based therapies, today announces that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1b trial investigating OBT’s lead candidate, OBT076, in patients with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma...
DALLAS – A simple magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test involving breathing oxygen might help oncologists determine the best treatment for some cancer patients, report researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Prior research has shown that the amount of oxygen present in a tumor can be a predictor of how well...