CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Count Me In, a patient-partnered research initiative led by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is launching a new project focused on translocation renal cell carcinoma (tRCC), a rare and aggressive form of kidney cancer. The effort will engage with tRCC patients,...
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Kuopio, Finland – A new study identifies alterations in the transcriptomic signatures in human olfactory mucosal cells of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection, potentially contributing to exacerbated COVID-19 outcomes. The study was conducted at the University of Eastern Finland in collaboration with the University of Helsinki and published...
Houston, TX – The University of Houston College of Pharmacy is included in a $68.5 million funding package from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). Ming Hu, Diana S-L. Chow Endowed Professor of Drug Discovery and Development, and Gregory Cuny, Joseph P. & Shirley Shipman Buckley Endowed Professor...
Baltimore, Maryland – The incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a universally fatal prion disease that progresses rapidly, rose consistently from 2007 to 2020, a study of death certificates showed. CJD codes on death certificates totaled 5,882 during that period, with 51.2% of cases occurring among women, according to John Probasco,...
Tel Aviv, Israel – Researchers from Tel Aviv University utilized CRISPR to cut a single gene from cancer cells of head and neck tumors – and successfully eliminated 50% of the tumors in model animals. This groundbreaking study was led by Dr. Razan Masarwy, MD, Ph.D. from the lab of Prof....
Basel, Switzerland – New research presented early ahead of this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024, Barcelona, 27-30 April) from a team of researchers in the Netherlands shows how the latest CRISPR-Cas gene editing technology can be used to eliminate all traces of the HIV...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The gene-editing technology CRISPR shows early promise as a therapeutic strategy for the aggressive and difficult-to-treat brain cancer known as primary glioblastoma, according to findings of a new study from Gladstone Institutes. Using a novel technique they’ve dubbed “cancer shredding,” the researchers programmed CRISPR to zero-in...
SAN DIEGO – Cardea Bio, a Tech+Bio company integrating molecular biology with semiconductors electronics via graphene-based biology-gated Cardean Transistors, announced today that its Chief Science Officer, Dr. Kiana Aran, and collaborators published a paper entitled “Discrimination of single-point mutations in unamplified genomic DNA via Cas9 immobilized on a graphene field-effect...
TUCSON, Ariz. — Critical Path Institute (C-Path) is excited to announce the launch of the Critical Path for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (CPA-1) Consortium. The CPA-1 consortium aims to accelerate drug development for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), a rare disease that affects individuals and families worldwide. This will be achieved by...
BOSTON, Mass. — Crosswalk Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapies for rare disorders with significant unmet medical need, today announced that it has received a research grant from the National MPS Society to support early development of a next-generation enzyme-based therapeutic approach for the treatment of Mucopolysaccharidosis...