Göttingen, Germany – In individuals with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), uric acid (UA) metabolism might be involved in activation of the complement system and thus serve as a contributory factor in the disease course, according to findings from a retrospective study published in the International Journal of Molecular...
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PRINCETON, N.J. — UroGen Pharma Ltd., a biotech company dedicated to developing and commercializing novel solutions that treat urothelial and specialty cancers, today announced a licensing agreement with MEDAC GmbH to develop a next-generation novel mitomycin-based formulation for urothelial cancers. UGN-103, UroGen’s RTGel® technology combined with medac’s licensed mitomycin, is a...
Minnesota nice is being proven all over again. A young man from Africa says he is proof of that as doctors in St. Paul rebuild not only his face but his entire future. Even for skilled specialists, the surgical case on the table before them is a challenge. “It’s kind...
Orphan Therapeutics, LLC and Ikaria Holdings, Inc announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the final section of the New Drug Application (NDA) filing seeking marketing approval for Lucassin (terlipressin for injection) for the treatment of hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) Type-1. The filing was completed on May...
Basel, Switzerland – Sandoz, a global leader in biosimilar and generic medicines, today announced that the US Supreme Court has denied its petition to review the Federal Circuit’s July 2020 decision concerning the Sandoz biosimilar Erelzi® (etanercept-szzs) for reference medicine Enbrel®* (etanercept). The Federal Circuit previously ruled against Sandoz in...
Los Angeles, Calif. – Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common childhood cancer, especially affects children of Hispanic/Latino origin in the United States. They are 30-40% more likely to get ALL than non-Hispanic white children, but the exact genetic basis and cause of that increased risk are unknown. Now, a...
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a key mechanism that causes chromosomes within blood cells to break—an occurrence that marks the first step in the development of human lymphoma. The study provides researchers with the clearest insight yet into why...
Los Angeles, Calif. – In an innovative new study of glioblastoma, scientists used artificial intelligence (AI) to reprogram cancer cells, converting them into dendritic cells (DCs), which can identify cancer cells and direct other immune cells to kill them. Glioblastoma is the most common brain cancer in adults and also...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – In the retinas of human eyes, the cones are photoreceptor cells responsible for color vision, daylight vision, and the perception of small details. As vision scientists from the Division of Experimental Retinal Therapies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Gustavo D. Aguirre and William A. Beltran have been working for...
Hong Kong – A crucial player in genomic integrity maintenance, DNA Polymerase Theta (Polθ) provides a potential synthetic lethal relationship in BRCA-deficient tumors, which are particularly prevalent in certain tumor types including triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) and ovarian cancers. In fact, BRCA-deficient tumors account for 11-16% of TNBC cases, and...