DURHAM, N.C. — A team of physicians, neuroscientists and engineers at Duke University has demonstrated two new strategies that use deep brain stimulation to improve the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. By simultaneously targeting two key brain structures and using a novel self-adjusting device, the team showed that they can efficiently...
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PTC Therapeutics’ Upstaza, a gene therapy for an ultra-rare genetic disorder and the first to be directly infused in the brain, is one step closer to reaching patients in the U.K. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended the therapy to treat patients with aromatic L-amino acid...
SAN DIEGO – Engrail Therapeutics™ (Engrail) (the Company), a neuroscience company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of patient-centric therapies and The Texas A&M University System (TAMUS), today announced that they have entered into a license agreement which grants Engrail worldwide exclusive rights to intellectual property around the use...
Cambridge, UK – For the first time, the developmental stages of the deadliest human malaria parasite have been mapped in high resolution, allowing researchers to understand this ever-adapting adversary in more detail than previously possible. The study, published today (2 May) in Science, details the critical developmental stages of the...
WILMINGTON, Del. – AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and Daiichi Sankyo’s supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for ENHERTU® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) has been accepted and granted Priority Review in the US for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive (immunohistochemistry [IHC] 3+) solid tumors who have received prior treatment or...
Tokyo, Japan and Basking Ridge, NJ – Positive topline results from a planned interim analysis of the DESTINY-Breast09 phase 3 trial showed ENHERTU® (trastuzumab deruxtecan) in combination with pertuzumab demonstrated a highly statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) compared to taxane, trastuzumab and pertuzumab (THP) as a first-line treatment for patients...
TOKYO & MUNICH & BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Detailed primary results from the positive, pivotal DESTINY-Lung01 phase 2 trial of ENHERTU® (trastuzumab deruxtecan), the Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) and AstraZeneca HER2 directed antibody drug conjugate (ADC), showed a robust and durable tumor response in previously-treated patients with...
Chapel Hill, NC – Throughout the day and night, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pulses through small fluid-filled channels surrounding blood vessels in the brain, called perivascular spaces, to flush out neuroinflammation and other neurological waste. A disruption to this vital process can lead to neurological dysfunction, cognitive decline, or developmental delays....
Employing “electronic nose” (eNose) technology early during treatment can accurately identify patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who respond to immunotherapy, according to research published in Lung Cancer. The technology can allow for noninvasive, low-cost identification of responders early on, which could save patients from ineffective treatment, “thereby preventing...
BOSTON, Mass. — Ensoma, an in vivo cellular engineering company with a mission to advance the future of medicine through one-time therapies, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the company’s Phase 1/2 clinical trial of EN-374. EN-374 is an in vivo hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)-directed gene insertion therapy for...