Immunotherapy May Need To Have Its Own Value Model – Clinical Oncology News
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Immunotherapy May Need To Have Its Own Value Model
Clinical Oncology News National Harbor, Md.—Immunotherapy has been a game changer for the oncology field, but typical models used to assess the value of cancer treatments don’t take into account the unique characteristics of this therapy, according to experts at the 2016 … |
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Gene therapy restores hearing in deaf mice… down to a whisper
PharmiWeb.com (press release) BOSTON, Feb. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In the summer of 2015, a team at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School reported restoring rudimentary hearing in genetically deaf mice using gene therapy. Now the Boston Children’s … |
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Gene therapy restores hearing in deaf mice… down to a whisper
PharmiWeb.com (press release) BOSTON, Feb. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In the summer of 2015, a team at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School reported restoring rudimentary hearing in genetically deaf mice using gene therapy. Now the Boston Children’s … |
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Innate’s cancer immunotherapy falls short in Phase 2
BioPharma Dive Bristol-Myers, which licensed lirilumab from Innate back in 2011, sees lirilumab as potentially complementary to its immunotherapy star Opdivo (nivolumab) and recently read out positive interim results from a Phase 1/2 study combining the two against … |
ResearchGate (blog) |
Gene therapy delivered by virus restores hearing and balance in mice with genetic disorder
ResearchGate (blog) Mice suffering from a rare genetic hearing disorder, Usher syndrome, have had their hearing and balance restored after researchers used a virus to safely deliver a mutated gene to their inner ear. The accomplishment is presented in two new studies—one … Gene therapy helps deaf mice hear sounds as soft as whispersFierceBiotech Gene therapy restores hearing in deaf mice: Experts say the technique could be used in humans in THREE YEARSDaily Mail Gene therapy improves hearing in deaf miceBioNews Mirror.co.uk all 7 news articles » |
EurekAlert (press release) |
Gene therapy improves hearing in deaf mice
BioNews Mice that were completely deaf because they lacked a critical hair cell gene were able to hear the equivalent of a loud conversation after the treatment. This is the first time that a gene therapy has been able to access hair cells in the inner ear … Gene therapy restores hearing in deaf mice…down to a whisperEurekAlert (press release) ‘Cure’ for deafness discovered by scientists after deaf mice have hearing restoredMirror.co.uk |
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From Confines Of Russia, Stem–Cell Pioneer Tries To Weather Scandal
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty A globe-trotting Paolo Macchiarini once epitomized the excitement around pioneering uses for stem cells in medicine. The Italian regenerative scientist and surgeon’s goal was to use stem cells to create replacement organs for the terminally ill. And … |