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Testing the safety of immunotherapy in diabetes – FierceBiotech

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2017-08-09 NEWS

Testing the safety of immunotherapy in diabetes
FierceBiotech
Diabetes occurs when the T cells of the immune system destroy beta cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. Diabetes researchers have long been interested in using immunotherapy techniques to tamp down this wayward immune activity, but they’ve …

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Pleural Effusion Caused by Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer.
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Intravesical bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) instillation has been used as immunotherapy for early stage bladder cancer for >40 years. Complications from this therapy are rare but may result in a spectrum of infectious sequelae. Here we describe the

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2017-08-09 NEWS

Los Angeles Times

Immunotherapy succeeds in thwarting Type-1 diabetes in study
Los Angeles Times
A form of immunotherapy gaining ground as a way to treat childhood food allergies has shown promise in treating another rising scourge of children and young adults: Type 1 diabetes. In a small but rigorous clinical trial, British investigators gave
Immunotherapy Shown Safe in Type 1 Diabetes Clinical TrialU.S. News & World Report
Pioneering immunotherapy shows promise in type 1 diabetesMedical Xpress
Immunotherapy shown to be safe for diabetesEurekAlert (press release)
New Scientist –BBC News –Financial Times
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Stem cells may treat lung fibrosis diseases
Futurity: Research News
In research appearing in the journal Respiratory Research, the scientists demonstrated that they could harvest lung stem cells from people using a relatively non-invasive, doctor’s-office technique. They were then able to multiply the harvested lung

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2017-08-09 NEWS

Healthcare Packaging

Stem Cell Implants Could Cure Diabetes
Healthcare Packaging
A recent New Scientist article suggests San Diego-based ViaCyte may have finally cracked the code with their PEC-Direct, an implant the size of a credit card that contains cells derived from stem cells that mature into the specialized islet cells that
This Scientific Breakthrough Could Be the Next Miracle Cure for Type 1 DiabetesReader’s Digest
We’re One Step Closer to Curing Type 1 Diabetes With This First-Ever Stem Cell ImplantGears Of Biz
Diabetes Cure 2017: Scientists May Have Found Treatment for Type-1 ConditionChristian Post

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