Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pumping the brakes on autoimmune disease

Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys, collaborating with scientists from Eli Lilly and Company, have revealed the structure and function of a drug called LY3361237, which can reduce the harmful activity of the immune system ...

Oncology & Cancer

Immunotherapy for brain cancer metastases shows clinical benefit

In a phase 2 clinical trial of the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab, investigators found that 42 percent of patients with metastatic brain cancer benefited from the therapy, with seven patients in the trial surviving ...

Medications

Peresolimab found to be efficacious for rheumatoid arthritis

Peresolimab, a humanized immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody designed to stimulate the endogenous programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitory pathway, is efficacious for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according ...

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