A cancer treatment that uses a patient's own genetically modified immune cells to attack cancer cells is safer and more effective when it can be toggled on and off by an oral medication, according to a recently published ...
May 25, 2022
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Are women who have twins more fertile? While previous studies concluded they are, a detailed analysis of more than 100,000 births from pre-industrial Europe by an international team of scientists shows they are not. The results ...
May 24, 2022
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A group of researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), in collaboration with Beam Therapeutics, have tested and developed an "off-the-shelf" chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CART) using base editing, which ...
May 23, 2022
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Almost 1 billion children and adults with disabilities, and older people, are unable to access the assistive technology they need, according to a UN report, which calls for more investment in these life-changing products.
May 18, 2022
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In the fight against cancer, a new tool has emerged that's shifted the treatment landscape. CAR T-cell therapy, first approved for clinical use in 2017, uses a patient's own re-engineered immune cells to attack cancer. It ...
May 17, 2022
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A study published by researchers from Mayo Clinic Cancer Center at Mayo Clinic in Florida and Case Western, Cleveland Medical Center, investigates the reasons for decreasing remission rates for patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma ...
May 12, 2022
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Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, or CAR T, has made a big impact on the treatment of certain blood cancers, allowing patients with relapsed/refractory disease to live longer, healthier lives. But in clinical study, ...
May 5, 2022
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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have developed a novel treatment strategy that has the potential to bring the life-saving benefits of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR T) to patients with acute ...
Apr 28, 2022
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Spain took another step Wednesday toward a sense of normality amid the pandemic by partially ending the near two-year-long obligatory use of masks indoors.
Apr 20, 2022
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You want to sit down for an indoor dinner with friends. A couple of years ago, this was a simple enough activity that required minimal planning. However, that is not the case in today's world. Many people now face a stream ...
Apr 19, 2022
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