San Diego, California, London, UK, and Houston, Texas – Replay, a genome writing company reprogramming biology by writing and delivering big DNA, and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, today announced that the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a ‘safe to proceed’ for the Investigational New...
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San Diego, California, London, UK, and Houston, Texas, March 11, 2024 – Replay, a genome writing company reprogramming biology by writing, designing, and delivering big DNA, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the Phase 1/2 study of NY-ESO-1 TCR/IL-15 NK, an engineered T-Cell Receptor Natural Killer...
MIAMI, FLORIDA – Few standard treatments have been available for advanced myelofibrosis, a bone marrow disorder characterized by excessive scar tissue that disrupts the normal production of blood cells But new research conducted by investigators at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and...
CHICAGO, IL – Many cancers caused by the mutation of the BRAF gene respond well to a class of immunotherapies known as BRAF-inhibitors. BRAF-mutated colorectal cancer, however, almost never does. Doctors have known this for years, but they are yet to find a treatment that works well for most patients....
Boston, Massachusetts – The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation celebrates a significant milestone in cancer therapy: a first-in-human CAR T cell therapy clinical trial for neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) will open in 2024. NETRF supported the early-stage, preclinical research that led to the development of this therapy. Chimeric Therapeutics, an Australian leader...
Rockville, Maryland – New research conducted in mice offers insights into what’s going on at the molecular level that could cause people with diabetes to develop Alzheimer’s disease. The study adds to a growing body of research on the links between Type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease, which some scientists...
Davis, CA – A UC Davis Health study found that a single dose of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), the vaccine for tuberculosis (TB), reduced liver tumor burden and extended the survival of mice with liver cancer. The study, published in Advanced Science, is the first to show the promising effects of...
Chapel Hill, NC – University of North Carolina researchers have developed a new drug delivery platform that harnesses helical amyloid fibers designed to untwist and release drugs in response to body temperatures. A new research paper published in Nature Communications reveals groundbreaking structural details into how diseases form much like...
OAK BROOK, Ill. – An innovative breast imaging technique provides high sensitivity for detecting cancer while significantly reducing the likelihood of false positive results, according to a study published today in Radiology: Imaging Cancer, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Researchers said the technique has the...
New York, NY – Tisch Cancer Institute researchers discovered that a certain type of chemotherapy improves the immune system’s ability to fight off bladder cancer, particularly when combined with immunotherapy, according to a study published in Cell Reports Medicine in January. These findings may explain why the approach, cisplatin chemotherapy,...