Early research suggests first immunotherapy for mesothelioma on the horizonMedical XpressEarly findings from an ongoing phase II clinical trial in France, MAPS-2, show that immunotherapy may slow the growth of MPM after relapse. At 12 weeks, cancer had… Continue reading
Medical XpressCombined immunotherapy could help control melanoma that has spread to the brainMedical XpressLittle is known about how immunotherapy might be able to help control melanoma that has spread to the brain, a common complication in patients di… Continue reading
Medical Xpress |
CRISPR tech leads to new screening tool for Parkinson’s disease
Medical Xpress They are using CRISPR Cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) gene-editing technology. The system is one of research’s fastest growing biomedical techniques that allows scientists to make specific changes in the DNA of plants … |
The Guardian |
New gene therapy offers hope against incurable form of breast cancer
The Guardian BRCA genes are part of a pathway to keep cells reproducing normally. An inherited defect can fail to stop abnormal growth, thus increasing the risk of cancer. The study examined the effectiveness of olaparib against a class of BRCA-related cancers … Drug helps fight breast tumors tied to ‘cancer genes‘Medical Xpress |