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Autologous T-Cell Therapy Promising in Advanced Sarcoma – Oncology Nurse Advisor

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2017-06-04 NEWS

Oncology Nurse Advisor

Autologous TCell Therapy Promising in Advanced Sarcoma
Oncology Nurse Advisor
CHICAGO — Infusion of autologous HER2-CAR T cells after lymphodepletion is safe and appears to be associated with objective clinical benefit in patients with advanced HER2+ sarcoma, according to the findings of a small phase I study presented at the …

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Immunotherapy drug effective for metastatic triple negative breast cancer
Science Daily
The immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab — already FDA-approved for other forms of cancer-has been found to be effective in patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer, according to an international clinical trial led by NYU Langone’s
Treatment For Triple Negative Breast Cancer; Immunotherapy Drug …Medical Daily

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Next-generation sequencing test identifies pathogens quickly in stem cell transplant patients
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NEW ORLEANS — A novel, next-generation sequencing plasma assay identified a broad range of infections more quickly than conventional tests in stem cell transplant patients, researchers said.

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CAR T-cell immunotherapy prompts durable response for ALL
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CHICAGO — Young patients with extramedullary relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia achieved potent and durable responses to single-agent chimeric antigen receptor T-cell immunotherapy, according to data presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting.

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Saturday at ASCO: promising immunotherapy combination data, but no home runs
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As thousands of people descended upon Chicago this weekend for the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting, some of the most pressing questions focused on how clinical trials treating non-small cell lung cancer with immunotherapy …

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2017-06-04 NEWS

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CRISPR May Cause Hundreds of Unintended Mutations Into the Genome, New Study Finds
Big Think
In case you haven’t already heard of CRISPR-Cas9, it is the revolutionary gene-editing technology, discovered just a few years ago, that allows scientists to edit the DNA of any species with an unprecedented precision and efficiency. Today, thousands
Off target mutations in CRISPR reported by whole … – Biotechin.AsiaBiotechin.Asia

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