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Immunotherapy gives doctors new weapon against oral cancer – kcentv.com

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2017-04-20 NEWS

Immunotherapy gives doctors new weapon against oral cancer
kcentv.com
The FDA began approving immunotherapy drugs such as Opdivo in November of 2016 for use against oral cancer. While there are several immunotherapy approaches, these drugs support the body’s immune system by helping attack cancerous cells.

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2017-04-20 NEWS

Bioscience Technology

FDA Grants Novartis Breakthrough Therapy Designation for CART Cell Treatment
Bioscience Technology
The investigational chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy, known as CTL019 was first developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. Novartis and Penn entered into a global collaboration for development and commercialization of …
CART Cell Therapy Receives FDA Breakthrough DesignationPharmaceutical Processing
Novartis’ (NVS) CTL109 BLA Gets Breakthrough Therapy StatusNasdaq
3 Things In Biotech You Should Learn Today: April 19, 2017Seeking Alpha
European Pharmaceutical Review
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2017-04-19 NEWS

Big Think

Meet CRISPR’s Younger Brother, SHERLOCK
Big Think
Along with Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, Feng Zhang is one of the inventors of CRISPR-cas9 — or “CRISPR” for short — the cut-and-paste method for editing evens that’s taken genetics by storm. In fact, after a bruising legal battle
Japan Prize presented to CRISPR gene-editing inventors in Tokyo ceremonyUC Berkeley

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2017-04-19 NEWS

Big Think

Meet CRISPR’s Younger Brother, SHERLOCK
Big Think
Along with Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, Feng Zhang is one of the inventors of CRISPR-cas9 — or “CRISPR” for short — the cut-and-paste method for editing evens that’s taken genetics by storm. In fact, after a bruising legal battle
Japan Prize presented to CRISPR gene-editing inventors in Tokyo ceremonyUC Berkeley

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