Gilteritinib may improve long-term outcomes, compared with salvage chemotherapy, in patients with relapsed/refractory FLT3-mutated acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to updated data from the ADMIRAL trial published in Blood. [1] The phase 3 ADMIRAL trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02997202) enrolled adults with FLT3-mutated AML who were in their first relapse after...
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SAN CARLOS, Calif. – Glycomine, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing new therapies for orphan diseases, today announced the publication in Molecular Genetics and Metabolism of a key finding from a natural history study of phosphomannomutase 2-congenital disorder of glycosylation (PMM2-CDG), a rare pediatric orphan disease. In this study, the levels...
A group of genetically modified monkeys with glow-in-the-dark feet could help advance research into neurological illnesses such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s. Genetically modified monkeys in scientific research are not uncommon, however, these are the first family to pass a manufactured genetic trait onto a second generation.The monkeys, which were created...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Gordian Biotechnology, an in vivo drug discovery and development company, today announced its platform that enables patient predictive, in vivo screening of hundreds of gene targets for FDA-recognized diseases of aging at a scale never before possible. The company has raised $60 million to date from...
Shanghai, China – This study is led by Prof. Wei-Li Zhao (Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine). G-protein coupled receptors (G-protein ) are critical targets for viral...
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Grace Science, LLC announced today that the first patient was dosed in an open-label Phase 1/2/3 clinical trial of GS-100, an AAV9 gene replacement therapy for the treatment of NGLY1 Deficiency. Part 1/2 of the study will investigate dose-escalation and the safety and efficacy of a single...
PHILADELPHIA – According to results of a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, men with prostate cancer who consumed the active compounds in green tea demonstrated a significant reduction in serum markers predictive of prostate cancer progression. “The investigational agent used...
However, a new study may have found a new treatment that can help the sickest sarcoma patients. “We have learned that sarcoma patients whose cancer cells have a high expression of the cep135 protein are worse off. But inhibiting a gene called plk1 also inhibits growth of the sarcoma cells,...
Brussels, Belgium – During the surgery Wednesday April 17, the Da Vinci Xi surgical system was combined with MMI’s Symani surgical system. In collaboration with abdominal surgeon Dr Martijn Schoneveld, the plastic and reconstructive surgery team performed a fully robotic lymph node transplant, overseen by Professor Moustapha Hamdi, Head of...
San Francisco, Calif. – A clinical trial that will test three drugs concurrently, and could include more, represents new hope for patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), an incurable neurodegenerative disorder that usually kills within seven years after symptoms start. Researchers hope the trial, which will be led by UC...