When Joanina Gicobi began her Ph.D. degree five years ago at Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, she was interested in thinking creatively about ways to improve cancer treatment. In particular, she was curious ...
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Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) have opened up an exciting new field of therapeutic advancements for rare and difficult-to-treat cancers, as they have the ability to deliver targeted therapies that can kill tumor cells.
Dec 1, 2023
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Dr. Franz Zemp, Ph.D., gets chills talking about how his idea to target a specific cancer cell has evolved.
Dec 1, 2023
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Immunotherapy using modified chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells has greatly improved survival rates for pediatric patients with relapsed and recurrent leukemia. However, these therapies are not as effective in treating ...
Nov 30, 2023
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University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed a potential gene therapy to "pre-treat" neuroblastoma tumors in order to make chemotherapy more effective.
Nov 30, 2023
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While stem cell therapy has been used to successfully generate and repair tissues that have been damaged due to certain conditions and diseases, such as leukemia, it is far from a cure-all.
Nov 30, 2023
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Biliary tract cancers (BTCs) including cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) and gallbladder cancer (GBC) are becoming more prevalent globally. An effective chemotherapeutic agent for the treatment of BTCs is gemcitabine. Other novel ...
Nov 30, 2023
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In a preclinical breakthrough that could transform cell therapies for incurable diseases, researchers at Sinai Health and the University of Toronto have developed a technology that may one day eliminate the need for immunosuppressive ...
Nov 29, 2023
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A new study reveals for the first time the steps through which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) binds to the receptors on the membranes of T cells—white blood cells that fight infection. The finding could have implications ...
Nov 28, 2023
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A new Phase Ib/II study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Moffitt Cancer Center found that combining sensitizing drugs with a specific form of radiation therapy may be more effective ...
Nov 28, 2023
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