FDA approves cancer drug for personalized immunotherapy approach
Earlier this week, for the first time, a drug was FDA-approved for cancer based on disease genetics rather than type.
May 26, 2017
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Earlier this week, for the first time, a drug was FDA-approved for cancer based on disease genetics rather than type.
May 26, 2017
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UNSW researchers have made a discovery that could lead to a revolutionary drug that actually reverses ageing, improves DNA repair and could even help NASA get its astronauts to Mars.
Mar 23, 2017
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Queen's University Belfast scientists have discovered that specific cells from the immune system are key players in brain repair – a fundamental breakthrough that could revolutionise the treatment of debilitating neurological ...
Mar 15, 2017
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The prospect of regenerating bone lost to cancer or trauma is a step closer to the clinic as University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have identified two proteins found in bone marrow as key regulators of the master cells ...
Feb 2, 2017
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Scientists have discovered a key 'survival gene' that prevents strains of tuberculosis (TB) from mutating into drug-resistant 'superbugs'.
Jan 27, 2017
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A new genetic disease which results in neurodegeneration has been discovered by experts at the University of Sussex.
Dec 21, 2016
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Research by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) has revealed how cancer cells hijack DNA repair pathways to prevent telomeres, the endcaps of chromosomes, from shortening, thus allowing the ...
Nov 8, 2016
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Many chemotherapy drugs work by damaging cancer cells' DNA so severely that the cells are forced to commit cellular suicide. However, these drugs don't work for all patients: If cells can repair the DNA damage, they may survive ...
Nov 2, 2016
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Researchers have developed a first-of-its- kind system to observe repair to broken DNA in newly synthesized telomeres, an effort which has implications for designing new cancer drugs.
Oct 19, 2016
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) have demonstrated how Rad4, a protein involved in DNA repair, scans the DNA in a unique pattern of movement ...
Oct 6, 2016
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