SAN DIEGO, CA — Poseida Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage cell and gene therapy company advancing a new class of treatments for patients with cancer and rare diseases, today highlighted recent progress across the company’s cell and gene therapy portfolio and provided updates on anticipated upcoming milestones. “In 2023, we made...
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Bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside bone responsible for making red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Bone marrow failure syndromes lead to an increased risk of developing dangerous infections, anemia and an increased risk of blood cancers. Research led by Washington University School of Medicine in St....
Toronto, Canada – Researchers at Sinai Health have unearthed vital information about the relationship between insulin levels after eating and long-term heart and metabolic health. The research upends the notion that insulin surge following food intake is a bad thing. On the contrary – it could be an indicator of...
Pohang, South Korea – Gastric cancer ranks among the most widespread diseases in Asian populations, with South Koreans experiencing the third-highest incidence globally in 2020, as reported by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Recently, a collaborative research effort between Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) and Yonsei...
Pohang, South Korea – A research team led by Professor Jong Kyoung Kim and Yujin Jeong (PhD candidate), from the Department of Life Sciences at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in collaboration with Professor Yun-Hee Lee and Cheoljun Choi (PhD candidate) from the College of Pharmacy at Seoul...
Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston have isolated a potent inhibitor of tumor metastasis made by tumor cells, one that could potentially be harnessed as a cancer treatment. Their findings were published in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences during the week of June...
HAIFA, Israel and MIAMI, FL — Insightec, a global healthcare company dedicated to using acoustic energy to transform patient care, today announced a promising clinical study in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease leveraging focused ultrasound (FUS) technology, which has been reported in the latest issue of The New England Journal...
Badalona, Spain – Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a long-term disease where the immune system mistakenly attacks the protective layer around nerve cells, known as the myelin sheath. This leads to nerve damage and worsening disability. Current treatments, like immunosuppressants, help reduce these harmful attacks but also weaken the overall immune...
Pittsburgh, PA – In a Nature Metabolism paper published today, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh detail a potential new target and a small-molecule drug candidate for treating Barth syndrome, a rare, life-threatening and currently incurable genetic disease with devastating consequences. Barth syndrome affects about 1 in every 300,000 to...
Utrecht, Netherlands – The Organoid Group (Hubrecht Institute) and the Rare Cancers Genomics Team (IARC/WHO) found a way to grow samples of different types of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) in the lab. While generating their new model, the researchers discovered that some pulmonary NETs need the protein EGF to be able...