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Bristol-Myers Squibb bags immunotherapy unicorn – Chemistry World (subscription)

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2017-08-07 NEWS

Bristol-Myers Squibb bags immunotherapy unicorn
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US drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has agreed to buy Boston-based startup IFM Therapeutics. The deal gives BMS rights to IFM’s two preclinical cancer programmes – stimulator of interferon genes (Sting) and NLRP3 agonist drugs that work with the …

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Lung Stem Cells Close to Treating IPF, Other Lung Fibrosis Diseases, Say NC Researchers
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Researchers at two universities in North Carolina have developed a new method to expand stem cells isolated from patient’s lung biopsies. A team led by Dr. Jason Lobo, assistant professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina (UNC), and by Ke …

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2017-08-07 NEWS

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First implants derived from stem cells to ‘cure’ type 1 diabetes | New …
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Two people have been given implants of cells derived from embryonic stem cells that may be able to release insulin when needed to manage blood sugar …
Scientists Move One Step Closer To “Curing” Diabetes Using First …Futurism
Scientists may have found a functional cure for type-1 diabetesEngadget

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