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Study Demonstrates Potential for the Guardant360 Assay® to Predict Which Patients Will Benefit from Immunotherapy – Markets Insider

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2017-10-02 NEWS

Study Demonstrates Potential for the Guardant360 Assay® to Predict Which Patients Will Benefit from Immunotherapy
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Oncologists may get a new tool for identifying which of their cancer patients are most likely to respond to widely prescribed immunotherapies, recent research suggests. In a paper published in Clinical …

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We’re nearly ready to use CRISPR to target far more diseases
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The race is on to edit the DNA in our body to fight or prevent disease. Promising results from animal studies targeting the liver, muscles and the brain suggest that the CRISPR genome-editing method could revolutionise medicine, allowing us to treat or
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DNA mutations shed in blood predicts response to immunotherapy in patients with cancer
Science Daily
“We can help predict response to immunotherapy by measuring the number of mutations in circulating tumor DNA using a simple blood test,” said Yulian Khagi, MD, UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center fellow and first author. “Immunotherapy can result in …
DNA mutations in blood predict response to immunotherapyUPI.com
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CSL adding scalable stem cell gene therapy tech in $91m Calimmune buy
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According to spokeswoman Natalie de Vane, the acquisition is the first step into the cell and gene therapy space for CSL with the addition of an ex vivo​ hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy candidate and R&D facilities in Pasadena, California