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Ovarian cancer could be next application for CAR T-cell therapy – ModernMedicine

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2017-12-07 NEWS

Ovarian cancer could be next application for CAR T-cell therapy
ModernMedicine
While CAR T-cell therapy has been proven to work for liquid—or blood—cancers, the challenge has been to apply this technology to solid tumors. That’s why Amit Kumar, PhD, president and CEO at ITUS Corporation, a San Jose, California-based cancer

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Science Daily

Routing gene therapy directly into brain: Researchers report that …
Science Daily
A new technique, which could be used to transplant donor-matched hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) or a patient’s own genetically-engineered HSCs into the brain, has been revealed by scientists in a new report.
New gene therapy transplantation technique could improve …Medical Xpress

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2017-12-07 NEWS

Toronto Star

Acting sooner on stemcell treatment shortage could have saved Ontario tax payers $90M: Auditor General
Toronto Star
The provincial government could have saved taxpayers an estimated $90 million if it had acted sooner to increase the health system’s capacity to provide stemcell transplants, the auditor general says. In her annual report, released Wednesday, Bonnie
Ontario spending millions sending cancer patients to US for stem cell transplants, auditor findsCBC.ca
Better planning could save Ontario hundreds of millions in health costs: Auditor-GeneralThe Globe and Mail
Long waits for cancer biopsies not meeting targets: Ontario Auditor GeneralTheRecord.com
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The Sydney Morning Herald

Breakthrough gene therapy offers cure for blood disorder haemophilia: Sydney scientists
The Sydney Morning Herald
Professor John Rasko with Mark Lee, his partner and his daughter, who is a carrier for haemophilia B. Photo: Supplied. Patients are dependent on multiple infusions, of up to three times a week, to guard against major bleeding – both internally and
Twenty years of work paid off with successful haemophilia gene therapyDaily Telegraph
Gene therapy offers haemophilia cure: ‘Mum now knows she won’t see her only surviving son die’9news.com.au
Breakthrough in treatment of haemophiliaNEWS.com.au

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