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 the dosing of the first patient in its Phase 1/2a trial evaluating SNK01, a cryopreserved autologous, non-genetically modified NK cell therapy...
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Curing cancer has been the dream of countless doctors and researchers over the decades. Yet some types of cancer, whether because they affect relatively few people or lack influential advocates, receive less attention and funding than others. A recent gift to Harvard Medical School (HMS) is boosting efforts to understand...
BOSTON, Mass. – NodThera, a leading clinical-stage biotech developing brain-penetrant NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors to treat chronic inflammatory diseases, today announces positive data from its Phase Ib/IIa study in Parkinson’s disease patients, evaluating the effects of its oral, brain-penetrant NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor NT-0796, on inflammatory and disease-specific biomarkers in the blood...
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after laparoscopic hepatectomy may be high, and no effective risk assessment methods exist. The authors of a study published in the Journal of Hepatocellular Carcinoma estimated incidence of DVT after surgery and created a DVT risk nomogram. The western hemisphere has well-established guidelines for thromboprophylaxis, but its application...
WASHINGTON, DC — The future of rare disease advancements will take center stage at the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD®) Rare Disease and Orphan Products Breakthrough Summit®, Oct. 19-21 in Washington. NORD is proud to announce the top researchers selected for the Lightning Rounds Poster Presentations session. Chosen from a competitive...
EVANSTON, Ill. — Researchers led by Northwestern University and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new, first-of-its-kind sticker that enables clinicians to monitor the health of patients’ organs and deep tissues with a simple ultrasound device. When attached to an organ, the soft, tiny sticker...
CHICAGO, Ill. — A new Northwestern Medicine study has found the immune system in the blood of Alzheimer’s patients is epigenetically altered. That means the patients’ behavior or environment has caused changes that affect the way their genes work. Many of these altered immune genes are the same ones that...
Chicago, Ill. – Millions of people take metformin, a Type 2 diabetes medication that lowers blood sugar. The “wonder drug” has also been shown to slow cancer growth, improve COVID outcomes and reduce inflammation. But until now, scientists have been unable to determine how, exactly, the drug works. ...
Evanston, Ill. – Researchers led by Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have introduced a pioneering approach aimed at combating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In a new study, researchers discovered a new way to enhance the body’s antioxidant response, which...
Evanston, Illinois — A team of Northwestern University scientists has developed the first wireless, implantable temperature sensor to detect inflammatory flareups in patients with Crohn’s disease. The approach offers long-term, real-time monitoring and could enable clinicians to act earlier to prevent or limit the permanent damage caused by inflammatory episodes....