Stanford, California – Pancreatic cancer is a particularly aggressive and difficult-to-treat cancer, in part because it is often resistant to chemotherapy. Now, researchers at Stanford have revealed that this resistance is related to both the physical stiffness of the tissue around the cancerous cells and the chemical makeup of that...
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Stanford, CA – Cell therapies for cancer can be potentially enhanced using a CRISPR RNA-editing platform, according to a new study published Feb. 21 in Cell. The new platform, Multiplexed Effector Guide Arrays, or MEGA, can modify the RNA of cells, which allowed Stanford University researchers to regulate immune cell metabolism in...
Stanford, Calif. – Researchers have identified 22 pesticides consistently associated with the incidence of prostate cancer in the United States, with four of the pesticides also linked with prostate cancer mortality. The findings are published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. To assess...
PARAMUS, N.J. — Starton Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on transforming standard-of-care therapies with proprietary continuous delivery technology, announced Regional Medical Oncology Center (RMOC) in Wilson, NC as the second site activated in the STAR-LLD Phase 1b clinical trial. The ongoing study evaluates the safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy...
In November 23, 2021, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) governing board approved a $4.1 million grant to enable University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers to advance a new chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy from the laboratory into the clinic. In this type of cancer...
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – High cholesterol levels are considered to be a risk factor not only for cardiovascular disease including stroke, but also for the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Therefore, many cholesterol lowering drugs, including statins, have been developed in recent years. In addition to the cholesterol reducing effect of...
NEEDHAM, Mass.— Stealth Biotherapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies for diseases involving mitochondrial dysfunction, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing its New Drug Application (NDA) for elamipretide for the treatment of Barth syndrome....
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Steam eliminates wrinkles and germs, but can it destroy cancer cells too? Keck Medicine of USC is participating in a national, multisite clinical trial examining if a water vapor system that uses small, targeted amounts of steam to kill cancer cells is a safe and effective...
BUFFALO, N.Y. – University at Buffalo research has identified how a misstep in the genesis of a key component of the kidney causes infantile cystinosis, a rare disease that significantly shortens the lifespan of patients. Published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, the work reveals that the mechanisms that...
Madison, Wisconsin – Technology developed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison to grow “rosettes” of brain and spinal tissue gives scientists new ways to study the growing human brain, including a recent study of how genetic mutations linked to autism affect early stages of human brain development. It’s the latest discovery...