Longitudinal circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis can predict disease recurrence and guide adjuvant treatment in patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study published in Nature Communications. ctDNA positivity — both after surgery and after adjuvant therapy — was significantly associated with worse recurrence-free survival (RFS), researchers...
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NEW YORK, NY — Newly published research in the journal Glia has identified crucial links between dietary choices and the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). The study, led by Patrizia Casaccia, founding director of the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center’s (CUNY ASRC) Neuroscience Initiative and Einstein...
New York, NY – Cure Mito Foundation and Hope for PDCD foundation, both patient-led foundations focused on advancing research and supporting families affected by Leigh syndrome and Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency (PDCD), respectively, are excited to announce a launch of a PDCD patient registry. This innovative registry will be led...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. and EDMONTON, AB — CureDuchenne Ventures announced an initial $1M investment in Entos Pharmaceuticals Inc (Entos), a biotech company that develops genetic medicines utilizing its non-viral, redosable Fusogenix PLV delivery platform. Entos will use this funding to create a muscle-targeting therapeutic to deliver full-length dystrophin for the treatment of Duchenne...
LOS ANGELES, CA – CureSHANK will award a total of $250,000 aimed at stimulating research on SHANK3-related epilepsy, prevalent in Phelan-McDermid syndrome patients. The grants, CureSHANK Research to Cure Grant: Epilepsy (R2C Epilepsy), will provide targeted funding to support SHANK3-related epilepsy research projects. The awards aim to improve mechanistic and...
Cambridge, UK – Whole genome sequencing has improved clinical care of some children with cancer in England by informing individual patient care. New research from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and the University of Cambridge, supports the efforts to provide genome sequencing...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Cyclo Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing transformative therapies for rare and neurological diseases with limited treatment options, today announced a positive outcome from its recent Type C meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to discuss a full data review...
NEWARK, Calif. — CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative therapies for patients with liver and other chronic diseases, today announced it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for investigational treatment, seladelpar, for the management of primary biliary cholangitis,...
The inherited progressive disorder cystic fibrosis (CF) causes severe damage to the lungs, and other tissues in the body by affecting the cells that produce mucus, sweat, and digestive juices. In individuals carrying mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, which encodes an ion channel controlling the...
BETHESDA, Md. — The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announced that it will provide up to $15 million to Prime Medicine for preclinical research into gene editing for cystic fibrosis. Prime Medicine is using a gene editing technology called prime editing — a technology that enables insertions or deletions of small segments of...