Kite’s CAR-T Therapy Produces Durable Remission in DLBCL, Study Finds – AJMC.com Managed Markets Network
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Kite’s CAR–T Therapy Produces Durable Remission in DLBCL, Study Finds
AJMC.com Managed Markets Network The research, to be published in Molecular Therapy, followed 7 evaluable patients with relapsed DLBCL, a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), who received the anti-CD19 CAR–T cells. Of these patients, 5 demonstrated complete remission (CR), and in 4 … |
Ars Technica |
The curious case of ClinicalTrials.gov, where dubious stem cell therapies seem legit
Ars Technica Earlier this year, doctors reported the case of three women who went blind after having stem cells derived from their own fat injected directly into their eyeballs—a procedure for which they each paid $5,000. Piecing together how those women came to … ‘Stem cell centers’ often deliver therapy for HF without preevaluations, follow-upHealio Caveat Emptor for Heart Failure Patients Considering Stem Cell TxMedPage Today Breakthrough in Advanced Kidney Disease by Stem Cell Genetic MedPR Newswire (press release) Newswise (press release) –satPRnews (press release) all 9 news articles » |
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The CRISPR revolution
Portsmouth Daily Times Since obesity is mostly a genetic problem, CRISPR could be the cure. If you haven’t heard of CRISPR prepare to be amazed. I just read a book about this called “A Crack in Creation” by Jennifer Doudna and her student and co-investigator Samuel Sternberg. |
Scientific American |
US Defense Agencies Grapple with Gene Drives
Scientific American Todd Kuiken, who studies policy relating to synthetic biology at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, is glad to see gene-drive research receive more funding. But he has qualms about the US military’s interest in the field; with Safe Genes … |
ExtremeTech |
DARPA Picks Dream Teams to Develop Wireless Brain Interface
ExtremeTech And indeed, DARPA’s description page for the project explains, successfully developing a device like this will require “integrated breakthroughs across numerous disciplines including neuroscience, synthetic biology, low-power electronics, photonics … |
PhillyVoice.com |
Immunotherapy Drugs Also Appear To Restore Hair Color In Patients
IFLScience This wasn’t chemotherapy – whose harsh treatments designed to destroy cancel cells somewhat indiscriminately often leads to hair thinning. This was an immunotherapy trial, a nascent field of biomedical research that aims to use the patients’ own bodies … Cancer patients’ gray hair darkened on immunotherapy drugsPhillyVoice.com New drugs turn cancer patients’ gray hair unexpectedly youthfully darkChicago Sun-Times Cancer patients’ gray hair darkened on immune drugsNBC4i.com |
PhillyVoice.com |
Immunotherapy Drugs Also Appear To Restore Hair Color In Patients
IFLScience This wasn’t chemotherapy – whose harsh treatments designed to destroy cancel cells somewhat indiscriminately often leads to hair thinning. This was an immunotherapy trial, a nascent field of biomedical research that aims to use the patients’ own bodies … Cancer patients’ gray hair darkened on immunotherapy drugsPhillyVoice.com New drugs turn cancer patients’ gray hair unexpectedly youthfully darkChicago Sun-Times Cancer patients’ gray hair darkened on immune drugsNBC4i.com |