Targeted OncologyBladder Cancer Field Looking Toward Immunotherapy Combos to Improve Responses, Apolo SaysTargeted OncologyAnd although clinical activity is promising with the single agent, Andrea Apolo, MD, says that clinical trials in bladder cancer … Continue reading
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Kite begins EU trial of CAR–T therapy
PharmaTimes CAR-T offers a new treatment approach in that it is specifically manufactured for each individual patient. During the process, T cells are drawn from a patient’s blood and reprogrammed in the laboratory to create T cells that are genetically coded to … Kite Pharma (KITE) Initiates Axicabtagene Ciloleucel CAR-T Clinical …StreetInsider.com |
OncLive |
Expert Discusses CMB305 Immunotherapy Regimen in Sarcoma
OncLive Results presented at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting showed that CMB305, an immunotherapy regimen that generates and expands anti–NY-ESO-1 T cells, demonstrated a favorable survival rate compared with other approved agents for recurrent soft tissue … |
Genetic Literacy Project |
Blind at birth: Pioneering gene therapy restores vision to victims of rare retinal blindness
Genetic Literacy Project Three years ago, at a fundraiser near Philadelphia for the Curing Retinal Blindness Foundation, I stood, dumbstruck, as young teen Christian Guardino took the stage and belted out Don’t Stop Believing. Christian had recently undergone gene therapy that … |
Genetic Literacy Project |
Blind at birth: Pioneering gene therapy restores vision to victims of rare retinal blindness
Genetic Literacy Project Three years ago, at a fundraiser near Philadelphia for the Curing Retinal Blindness Foundation, I stood, dumbstruck, as young teen Christian Guardino took the stage and belted out Don’t Stop Believing. Christian had recently undergone gene therapy that … |
TheHealthSite |
Gene therapy skin grafts for obesity and diabetes
BioNews A proof-of-concept study in mice has demonstrated how skin grafts could deliver gene therapy for obesity and diabetes. ‘We think this platform has the potential to lead to safe and durable gene therapy, in mice and we hope, someday, in humans, using … New gene therapy through skin transplants can help improve …TheHealthSite Gene therapy via skin may treat diabetes, obesityThe Statesman Gene therapy via skin may treat diabetes, obesity – appsforpcdaily.comAppsforPCdaily domain-B –Tech Times all 9 news articles » |
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Scientists Discover Dozens of New Genes that Create T-Cell Resistant Cancer
NYU News (press release) “We cast a wide, deep net and conducted an unbiased survey of all of the 19,000 genes in the cancer’s genome – not just the genes that are known to be involved in creating immunotherapy-resistant tumors,” explains the study’s senior author, Nicholas P. |
Targeted Oncology |
Durable Immunotherapy Benefits Foster Excitement in Bladder Cancer, Despite Low Response Rates
Targeted Oncology While immunotherapy agents have only demonstrated a clinical benefit for approximately 15% to 20% of patients with urothelial carcinoma, it’s the durable responses observed in these patients that have doctors excited, says Arlene Siefker-Radtke, MD. |