Ovarian cancer could be next application for CAR T-cell therapy – ModernMedicine
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Ovarian cancer could be next application for CAR T-cell therapy
ModernMedicine While CAR T-cell therapy has been proven to work for liquid—or blood—cancers, the challenge has been to apply this technology to solid tumors. That’s why Amit Kumar, PhD, president and CEO at ITUS Corporation, a San Jose, California-based cancer … |
Science Daily |
Routing gene therapy directly into brain: Researchers report that …
Science Daily A new technique, which could be used to transplant donor-matched hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) or a patient’s own genetically-engineered HSCs into the brain, has been revealed by scientists in a new report. New gene therapy transplantation technique could improve …Medical Xpress |
Toronto Star |
Acting sooner on stem–cell treatment shortage could have saved Ontario tax payers $90M: Auditor General
Toronto Star The provincial government could have saved taxpayers an estimated $90 million if it had acted sooner to increase the health system’s capacity to provide stem–cell transplants, the auditor general says. In her annual report, released Wednesday, Bonnie … Ontario spending millions sending cancer patients to US for stem cell transplants, auditor findsCBC.ca Better planning could save Ontario hundreds of millions in health costs: Auditor-GeneralThe Globe and Mail Long waits for cancer biopsies not meeting targets: Ontario Auditor GeneralTheRecord.com Globalnews.ca all 36 news articles » |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Breakthrough gene therapy offers cure for blood disorder haemophilia: Sydney scientists
The Sydney Morning Herald Professor John Rasko with Mark Lee, his partner and his daughter, who is a carrier for haemophilia B. Photo: Supplied. Patients are dependent on multiple infusions, of up to three times a week, to guard against major bleeding – both internally and … Twenty years of work paid off with successful haemophilia gene therapyDaily Telegraph Gene therapy offers haemophilia cure: ‘Mum now knows she won’t see her only surviving son die’9news.com.au Breakthrough in treatment of haemophiliaNEWS.com.au |