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Immune cells release “red flag” to activate muscle stem cells in response to damage – Scope (blog)

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2017-09-25 NEWS

Scope (blog)

Immune cells release “red flag” to activate muscle stem cells in response to damage
Scope (blog)
Muscle stem cells are wily beasts. As I’ve written about before, they nestle along our muscle fibers and quietly await the biological red flag that will tell them to leap into action and form new muscle fibers. But exactly how they are activated

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2017-09-25 NEWS

Scope (blog)

Immune cells release “red flag” to activate muscle stem cells in response to damage
Scope (blog)
Muscle stem cells are wily beasts. As I’ve written about before, they nestle along our muscle fibers and quietly await the biological red flag that will tell them to leap into action and form new muscle fibers. But exactly how they are activated

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2017-09-25 NEWS

pharmaphorum

JAMA Commentary Urges Realistic View of New CAR T-Cell Cancer Therapy
AJMC.com Managed Markets Network
The 3 oncologists from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center acknowledged the “impressive science” behind the therapy marketed as Kymriah, which involves genetically modifying each patient’s chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells to target and kill …
Premium price for Novartis’ CART sparks pushback from top PBMBioPharma Dive

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2017-09-25 NEWS

Medscape

Radiation+immunotherapy can slow tumor growth for some patients with metastatic NSCLC
Medical Xpress
A new study involving patients with stage IV cancer finds that treatment with radiation therapy and immunotherapy can halt the growth of tumors by stimulating the body’s immune system to attack the cancer. In the phase II trial, patients with end-stage
Immunotherapy Plus RT for Metastatic Cancer: ‘Step Forward’Medscape
Immune response prognostic for prostate cancer survival, recurrence and response to radiation therapyMarkets Insider
Addition of radiation therapy to chemotherapy extends PFS in advanced non-small cell lung cancerHealio
DOTmed.com –MedPage Today
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FierceBiotech

News of Note—Gene therapy to repair hearts; one weapon for Zika and dengue; inhibiting a cancer-promoting enzyme
FierceBiotech
Using a novel type of gene therapy, scientists at The Mount Sinai Hospital were able to improve heart function by up to 25% in a pig model of non-ischemic heart failure. The team used catheterization to administer a therapeutic gene delivery vector to
Gene therapy improved left ventricular and atrial function in heart failure by up to 25 percentMedical Xpress

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