Osaka, Japan – It might start simply, with a cough or sneeze…but in some cases, the flu virus can make its way to your brain, causing serious symptoms or even death through a disease known as influenza-associated encephalopathy (IAE). Now, in a study published in Acta Neuropathologica, researchers have revealed...
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Norman, Oklahoma – Researchers at OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences have embarked on a revolutionary new research study that could improve the detection of a deadly disease — pancreatic cancer — and give patients a chance to live longer, healthier lives. The research...
Evanston, Illinois — Women diagnosed with ovarian cancer may initially respond well to chemotherapy, but the majority of them will develop resistance to treatment and die from the disease. Now Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered the Achilles heel of chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer — its hunger for cholesterol — and how...
Oxford, UK and San Jose, Calif. – Oxford BioTherapeutics (‘OBT’), a clinical stage oncology company with a pipeline of immuno-oncology and antibody-drug conjugate (ADC)-based therapies, today announces that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1b trial investigating OBT’s lead candidate, OBT076, in patients with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma...
DALLAS – A simple magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test involving breathing oxygen might help oncologists determine the best treatment for some cancer patients, report researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Prior research has shown that the amount of oxygen present in a tumor can be a predictor of how well...
Menlo Paqqrk, Calif. — PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of highly accurate sequencing solutions, announced a new informatics method that genotypes gene paralogs and pseudogenes with high accuracy. The new computational tool, named “Paraphase,” enables variant calling, copy number analysis and phasing by identifying the full gene sequence of each...
Edmonton, Canada – Pacylex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Pacylex) is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of a new class of targeted therapies, N-myristoyltransferase inhibitors (NMTi) for the treatment of hematologic and solid tumor cancers. Today Pacylex announced that the results of its Phase 1 dose escalation safety and tolerability...
MADISON, Wisconsin — Many pancreatic tumors are like malignant fortresses, surrounded by a dense matrix of collagen and other tissue that shields them from immune cells and immunotherapies that have been effective in treating other cancers. Employing bacteria to infiltrate that cancerous fortification and deliver these drugs could aid treatment...
Houston, TX – The use of high-protease pancreatic replacement therapy demonstrated improvement in maladaptive behaviors, such as irritability, in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to research conducted at 32 clinical sites, including UTHealth Houston. The study was published recently in JAMA Network Open. “Children who have ASD...
SEATTLE, WA –Parse Biosciences, the leading provider of accessible and scalable single cell sequencing solutions, today announced a groundbreaking study published in the journal Science that utilized Parse’s single cell technology to uncover how signaling pathways drive the formation of diverse neuron cell subtypes. By linking specific signals to cell fate outcomes, this research provides...