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Mechanism for Resistance to Immunotherapy Treatment Discovered – Lab Manager Magazine

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2018-01-08 NEWS

Lab Manager Magazine

Mechanism for Resistance to Immunotherapy Treatment Discovered
Lab Manager Magazine
An urgent question for cancer scientists is why immunotherapy achieves dramatic results in some cases but doesn’t help most patients. Now, two research groups from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have independently discovered a genetic mechanism in cancer

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ReliaWire

Alcohol found to boost cancer risk by damaging stem cell DNA
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Drinking alcohol damages blood stem cells by altering their DNA, raising the risk of developing cancer, scientists have found. A breakdown product of alcohol – acetaldehyde – is responsible for the damage, according to researchers at the MRC Laboratory
Here’s How Alcohol Can Damage DNA and Increase Cancer RiskLive Science
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Alcohol Found To Physically Break DNA In Stem Cells, Providing Potential Cause For CancerInfosurhoy
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GeneTherapy Update: Mixed Results Don’t Dim Hopes
Barron’s
Three companies developing replacement genetherapy treatments provided updates last week on clinical trials. Investors were happy with the news at Audentes Therapeutics (ticker: BOLD), and disappointed with what they heard from Avexis (AVXS) and
FDA Lets AveXis Know the Information It Needs to Approve AVXS-101 for SMA Type 1SMA News Today
REGENXBIO and AveXis Announce Expansion of Relationship through Amended License Agreement for the …GlobeNewswire (press release)

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SMA News Today

GeneTherapy Update: Mixed Results Don’t Dim Hopes
Barron’s
Three companies developing replacement genetherapy treatments provided updates last week on clinical trials. Investors were happy with the news at Audentes Therapeutics (ticker: BOLD), and disappointed with what they heard from Avexis (AVXS) and
FDA Lets AveXis Know the Information It Needs to Approve AVXS-101 for SMA Type 1SMA News Today

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2018-01-08 NEWS

Wall Street Journal

Stem Cells for Knee Problems? US Doctors Investigate
Wall Street Journal
Jason Dragoo’s Stanford University research team gets 100 to 200 inquiries every day from people interested in joining its clinical trial studying the use of stem cells to treat knee injuries. The interest highlights a growing demand for the use of