Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have gained a major insight into how the rogue protein responsible for mad cow disease and related neurological illnesses destroys healthy brain tissue. “This advance sets the stage for future efforts to develop potential treatments for prion diseases or perhaps to prevent them...
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Bethesda, Maryland – In a proof-of-concept study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that uses data from individual cells inside tumors to predict whether a person’s cancer will respond to a specific drug. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part...
Bethesda, Maryland – Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators have discovered a new way in which RAS genes, which are commonly mutated in cancer, may drive tumor growth beyond their well-known role in signaling at the cell surface. Mutant RAS, they found, helps to kick...
High-risk research into neglected diseases, which can often fail at the first hurdle, may be made safer as a result of a new programme. The Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases (TRND) Programme will support preclinical research in which candidate drugs are tested in cells or animals — one of...
Bethesda, MD – Three different HIV antibodies each independently protected monkeys from acquiring simian-HIV (SHIV) in a placebo-controlled proof-of-concept study intended to inform development of a preventive HIV vaccine for people. The antibodies—a human broadly neutralizing antibody and two antibodies isolated from previously vaccinated monkeys—target the fusion peptide, a site...
Niigata, Japan – A group of Scientists at the Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University succeeded in the diagnosis of leptomeningeal disease in diffuse midline gliomas by detecting H3K27M-mutant droplets from circulating tumor DNA of cerebrospinal fluid taken from these patients. In two patients, leptomeningeal disease was diagnosed...
Niigata, Japan –Dialysis patients often develop dialysis-related amyloidosis and exhibit bone and joint disorders that impair their activity of daily living. Blood purification devices consisting of hexadecyl-immobilized cellulose beads aimed at removing the precursor protein, β2– microglobulin (β2-m), are used in the treatment of dialysis-related amyloidosis. Dr. Yamamoto et al....
MISSISSAUGA – YM BioSciences Inc. (NYSE Amex: YMI, TSX:YM, AIM:YMBA), a life sciences product development company that identifies and advances a diverse portfolio of promising cancer-related products at various stages of development, today reported that results from a randomized trial of nimotuzumab (aka BIOMAb/TheraCIM/h-R3) in patients with inoperable, locoregionally advanced...
Denver, CO – Researchers have shown that the drug benralizumab is as effective and safe as mepolizumab for inducing remission in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) according to a study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. The results of the non-inferiority study were presented at...
SANTA ANA, Calif. — NKGen Biotech Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative autologous, allogeneic, and CAR-NK natural killer cell therapeutics, today announced that it has received a No Objection Letter (“NOL”) from Health Canada for its Clinical Trial Application (“CTA”) for a Phase...