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Pfizer commits $4M to NC Biotechnology Center gene therapy fellowship program – WRAL Tech Wire

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2017-02-28 NEWS

Pfizer commits $4M to NC Biotechnology Center gene therapy fellowship program
WRAL Tech Wire
With that acquisition, Pfizer gained the expertise of Bamboo’s world-renowned co-founder, R. Jude Samulski, Ph.D., director of the Gene Therapy Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The deal also included an 11,000-square-foot

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Telegraph.co.uk

Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Aggressive Lymphoma
WebMD
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2017 (HealthDay News) — An experimental gene therapy for aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma beat back more than a third of cancers that seemed untreatable, the therapy’s developers report. Thirty-six percent of over 100 very ill …
Terminal cancer patients in complete remission after one gene therapy treatmentTelegraph.co.uk
Gene therapy leaves terminal cancer patients in complete remissionWND.com
New gene therapy ‘shrinks tumours like ice cubes’The Times (subscription)
Kite Pharma, Inc. | Investor Relations
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More stem cell donors needed to save lives in Sask.
CTV News
Lincoln Honoway found his match in time, but others aren’t so lucky. More than 800 Canadians are currently waiting for an unrelated stem cell donor. Only one in two find a match. One year ago, Lincoln was admitted to hospital with dangerously low blood …

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2017-02-28 NEWS

Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Aggressive Lymphoma
HealthDay
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2017 (HealthDay News) — An experimental gene therapy for aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma beat back more than a third of cancers that seemed untreatable, the therapy’s developers report. Thirty-six percent of over 100 very ill …

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2017-02-28 NEWS

Sarcoma: Evaluation of Immunotherapy Using Dendritic Cells
Cancer Therapy Advisor
Dendritic cell–based immunotherapy does not improve outcomes for patients with refractory sarcoma, according to the results of a phase 1/2 study published in Cancer.1. Relapsed sarcomas are often unresponsive to chemotherapy, limiting treatment options …

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Melanoma News Today

Gut Bacteria Composition May Determine Melanoma Patients’ Response to Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy
Melanoma News Today
The presence of a specific bacteria in the gut of patients with melanoma, as well as a greater diversity of gut bacteria, are associated with a better response to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy. Understanding this relationship between a patient’s gut bacteria