Curetoday.comExpert Discusses: Can Immunotherapy Be Successful in Prostate Cancer?Curetoday.comWhile other tumor types have seen extraordinary progress with immunotherapy agents such as Opdivo (nivolumab) and Yervoy (ipilimumab), they have not yet show… Continue reading
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Blood Will Tell: Scientists Find Clues to Immunotherapy Responders and Non-Responders
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (blog) Some patients who receive immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors experience significant benefit in terms of tumor shrinkage and longer survival — but many do not. A new study suggests that measuring changes in the blood could help doctors … Do We Need Biomarkers to Predict Tumor Hyper-Progression Following Immunotherapy?AJMC.com Managed Markets Network Long term benefits of immunotherapy emerging for some patients, though key questions remainCancer Research UK Matching tumor size to strength of immune response allows melanoma drug tailoringEurekAlert (press release) |
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The media, synthetic biology and CRISPR – fears vs. reality
BioNews A recent Wall Street Journal article, ‘DIY Gene Editing: Fast, Cheap – and Worrisome’, describes the Saturday afternoon of teenager, Kian Sadeghi, as he learns to use CRISPR/Cas9 at the Genspace Community Lab in Brooklyn, New York. Like many news … |
Quartz |
A new sci-fi thriller about CRISPR makes gene editing terrifyingly easy to understand
Quartz The webbed world we live in now would have seemed like science fiction not long ago. Thriller writer Daniel Suarez believes that coming changes will be much more dramatic. He predicts that by 2045 bespoke babies—plus pets, plants, bacteria, and … |
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Mighty morphed brain cells cure Parkinson’s in mice, but human trials still far off
STAT Instead, several labs have therefore used stem cells to produce dopamine neurons in dishes. Transplanted 4 into the brains of lab rats with Parkinson’s, the neurons reduced rigidity, tremor, and other symptoms. Human studies are expected to begin in … Cell Therapy 2.0: Reprogramming the Brain’s Own Cells for Parkinson’s TreatmentScientific American Brain cells reprogrammed to make dopamine, with goal of Parkinson’s therapyThe San Diego Union-Tribune Brain cell transplants could help treat Parkinson’s diseaseMedical Xpress The Scientist all 31 news articles » |