UGA TodayNew stem-cell based stroke treatment repairs damaged brain tissueUGA TodayThey published their findings in the journal Translational Stroke Research. The research team led by UGA professor Steven Stice and Nasrul Hoda of Augusta University cre… Continue reading
Use of immunotherapy to treat aggressive colon tumorsScience DailyIn a short space of time, immunotherapy, that is to say therapies based on stimulating the immune system against cancer cells, has become a powerful approach to treat cancers such as mel… Continue reading
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For one early adopter, CAR T therapy means 18 months cancer-free and counting
UCLA Newsroom He would become one of the first UCLA Health patients to receive CAR T therapy. When nothing else worked, the treatment beat back cancer and filled his life with new hope. “Years ago, while doing my own reading after my diagnosis, I learned about CAR T … Cancer Researcher’s Life Saved by CAR–T TreatmentNewswise (press release) |
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Unexpected evolutionary benefit to phages imparted by bacterial CRISPR-Cas9
Science Advances Bacteria and bacteriophages arm themselves with various defensive and counterdefensive mechanisms to protect their own genome and degrade the other’s. CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat)–Cas (CRISPR-associated) is an … Study Suggests CRISPR Gives Evolutionary Edge to Phages Escaping Bacterial DefenseGenomeWeb |
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Unexpected evolutionary benefit to phages imparted by bacterial …
Science Advances Bacteria and bacteriophages arm themselves with various defensive and counterdefensive mechanisms to protect their own genome and degrade the other’s. CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat)–Cas (CRISPR-associated) is an … Crispr And Crispr-Associated (Cas) Genes Market Analysis and …MilTech |
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UPMC and Pitt announce $200 million for immunotherapy research and new collaboration center
NEXTpittsburgh Work will soon begin on a 200,000-square-foot building on the border of Shadyside and Bloomfield where some of Pittsburgh’s biggest names in medicine and engineering aim to make huge strides in immunotherapy. “Two of Pittsburgh’s research powerhouses … Trib editorial: UPMC-Pitt immunotherapy center advances city’s medical legacyTribune-Review Immunology Research Center Planned For Site Of Old Auto Plant On Baum Boulevard90.5 WESA |