Lancaster, England – The genetic disease Huntington’s not only affects nerve cells in the brain but also has widespread effects on microscopic blood vessels according to research. These changes to the vasculature were also observed in the pre-symptomatic stages of the disease, demonstrating the potential for this research for predicting...
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Tel Aviv, Israel – In a breakthrough study an international team of scientists led by researchers from Tel Aviv and Glasgow Universities, the ‘cat parasite’ Toxoplasma gondii was engineered to deliver drugs to the human brain. The study was led by Prof. Oded Rechavi from the Department of Neurobiology and...
Hinxton, England – For the first time, scientists have systematically analysed somatic mutations in stomach lining tissue to unpick mutational processes, some of which can lead to cancer. The team also uncovered hints of a potential new cause of stomach cancer that needs further research. Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger...
Nashville, Tennessee – Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) researchers are touting data from a multicenter, international phase 2 clinical trial showing a new, curative treatment for sickle cell disease (SCD). The therapy, nonmyeloablative haploidentical bone marrow transplant (BMT) with thiotepa and posttransplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy), is proving to have equivalent efficacy...
Intestinal permeability and an overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine are both associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). These findings are revealed in a new study in the June issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the...
The Cullen Education and Research Fund (CERF) announced the recipients of the first CERF Medical Engineering Prize for ALS Research: Dr. Leigh Hochberg, Dr. Conor Walsh, and Dr. Sabrina Paganoni. Their “BrainGate+SoftRobotics” team from Brown University, Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is creating a series of technologies intended...
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a license agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. under which Otsuka obtains exclusive rights in Europe to commercialize donidalorsen, an investigational prophylactic treatment for hereditary angioedema (HAE). Ionis will maintain responsibility for the non-clinical and clinical development...
SAN CARLOS, Calif. — Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on innovating, developing and delivering novel polyclonal tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapies for patients with cancer, today announced a clinical program update for LN-145 TIL therapy in non-small lung cancer (NSCLC). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) placed...
BUFFALO, NY- February 9, 2024 – A new research perspective was published in Oncoscience (Volume 11) entitled, “IPIAD- an augmentation regimen added to standard treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma using already-marketed repurposed drugs irbesartan, pyrimethamine, itraconazole, azithromycin, and dapsone.” In this new paper, researcher Richard E. Kast from IIAIGC Study...
PARIS, France and BOSTON, Mass. — Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY) and Skyhawk Therapeutics today announced the signing of an exclusive worldwide collaboration to discover and develop novel small molecules that modulate RNA for rare neurological diseases. The agreement includes an option pursuant to which Ipsen would acquire exclusive license...