Drug Discovery & Development
Advances in gene therapy call for education, patient advocate says
Durhane Wong-Rieger, board chair of Rare Diseases International, spoke to ScienceBoard.net at the Cell & Gene Meeting on the Med last week in Barcelona, Spain, following a panel on trends and challenges in gene therapy. Read More
MASTER technology could transform CAR T-cell therapy
A new technology that helps CAR T cells attack cancer cells more aggressively than conventional methods has been published by researchers from North Carolina. Called multifunctional alginate scaffold for T-cell engineering and release (MASTER), the technology was described in a paper published on March 24 in Nature Biotechnology. Read More
Nivolumab/chemo combo will change lung cancer care
A new study that pairs neoadjuvant nivolumab with chemotherapy for patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer has the potential to revolutionize treatment, according to one expert. The research was presented April 11 at the American Association for Cancer Research 2022 meeting and published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine. Read More
CAR T-cells show preliminary efficacy, safety as solid-tumor treatment
Researchers presented phase I/II preliminary clinical trial data demonstrating the safety and efficacy of a new CAR T-cell therapy that can be used as either a monotherapy or a combination therapy to treat Claudin 6-positive solid tumors. The findings were presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2022 in New Orleans. Read More
Video from AACR 2022: Next-gen pathology tools for cancer research
NEW ORLEANS - What do the next-generation of pathology tools for cancer research look like, and how can pathologists contribute to those technologies to make an impact in their discipline? Dr. Beatrice Knudsen, PhD, of the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, explored these ideas at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting in a video update from day two of the conference. Read More
Can AI predict adverse events from new drug combinations?
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model may be able to help clinicians predict if new combinations of drugs will produce side effects that are worse than their potential benefit, according to research presented at this week’s annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. Read More
Biomedical innovations bring hope to patients with musculoskeletal diseases
Geistlich Biomaterials Italia, Santhera Pharmaceuticals, and Sarepta Therapeutics have entered into a series of collaborations to develop innovative strategies for treating musculoskeletal diseases, ranging from gene therapy to regenerative medicine, according to a recent report in Cell and Gene Therapy Business Outlook, a sister publication of ScienceBoard. Read More
Scientists sequence complete human genome for the 1st time
A team of nearly 100 scientists from the Telomere-to-Telomere Consortium has for the first time unveiled the complete human genome. The findings were published on March 31 in the journal Science. Read More
Advancing the development of biologics provides stronger clinical options
A therapeutic area that is gaining traction is the field of biologics. Such therapies are highly useful in treating diseases because they can mimic and complement naturally occurring physiological processes in the human body that may be key to treating the dysfunction. As a result, biologics are frequently used to treat immune-mediated and inflammatory disease states. Read More
LabCentral Ignite receives $400K grant to improve diversity in STEM
LabCentral Ignite has been awarded $400,000 in grants and matching awards from the U.S. Economic Development Administration and Breakthrough Properties, a life science real estate development company, to expand its Career Forge program. The nonprofit also announced that it is accepting applicants for its next Career Forge session. Read More
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