PHILADELPHIA – Liver inflammation, a common side-effect of cancers elsewhere in the body, has long been associated with worse cancer outcomes and more recently associated with poor response to immunotherapy. Now, a team led by researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of...
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PHILADELPHIA – While breast cancer survival continues to improve, thanks to advances in detection and treatment, when breast cancer recurs – or returns after initial treatment – it is incurable. Currently, there is no way to predict who is most likely to experience a breast cancer recurrence, and for the...
PHILADELPHIA – Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have uncovered variation around two genes that are associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer. Testicular cancer is the most common cancer among young men, and its incidence among non-Hispanic Caucasian men has doubled in the last 40...
A University of Pennsylvania doctor who found a treatment for his own deadly disease is now on a mission to help more people living with rare diseases.
BOSTON, Mass. — PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to PGN-EDODM1, an investigational candidate...
Boston — PepGen Inc. (Nasdaq: PEPG), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing the next generation of oligonucleotide therapies with the goal of transforming the treatment of severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases, reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022 and highlighted recent corporate developments. “2022...
IRVINE, Calif. — PeproMene Bio, Inc., a clinical-stage biotech company developing novel therapies to treat cancers and immune disorders, today announced that the cohort 1 first patient treated in its Phase 1 relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (r/r B-ALL) clinical trial of PMB-CT01 (BAFFR-CAR T Cells) has reached...
New Delhi – Achalasia is a disease where the function of the oesophagus stops working overtime. It is thought to be neural degeneration of the selective nerve fibers in the body of the oesophagus and the valve at the top of the stomach. It is a rare disease with an...
TUSTIN, Calif. — Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPHM) today highlighted the progress that the company has achieved in its Phase II program assessing the combination of bavituximab and chemotherapy in three separate cancer trials. Bavituximab is a monoclonal antibody with a unique mechanism that allows the body’s own immune system...
Peregrine has presented the data for ongoing trail for brain cancer at Society of Nuclear Medicine 2009 Annual Meeting. The study supports the potential for Cotara to treat brain cancer. Cotara, a targeted monoclonal antibody linked to a radioisotope, is being developed as a potential new treatment for glioblastoma multiforme...