Tag: clinical trials
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Precision Antibacterial Company Raises $35M in New Funds
A biotechnology company creating targeted antibacterial and microbiome treatments aided by gene editing is raising $35 million in new venture funds.
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Trial Shows Gene Therapy Results with Sickle Cell Disease
Early results from a clinical trial show an experimental gene transfer therapy largely reduces painful events from sickle cell disease for one to two years.
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Early Trial Data Show Crispr Cancer Therapy Response
Initial results from a clinical trial show non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients receiving low doses of gene-edited T-cells achieve a clinical response, but with some adverse effects.
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Trial Set for Ingested Colon Cancer Detection Capsule
A clinical trial is set to begin assessing an electronic capsule designed to detect and transmit images from the gut to detect early cancer-causing polyps.
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Small Biz Grant Funds Mental Health App Clinical Trial
National Institute of Mental Health is funding a clinical trial to evaluate a home-based mobile app that works online with a clinician to treat depression.
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Virtual Reality Studied for Chronic Cancer Pain
A software company is partnering with a psychologist to explore virtual reality working with mindfulness for relieving pain in cancer patients.
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Trial Begins for Skin-Implanted Addiction Therapy
A clinical trial is underway testing a therapy for opioid use disorder that places a treatment drug pellet under the skin lasting for 12 weeks.
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State Grant Funds Virus-Immunotherapy Cancer Trial
A California state agency is helping fund a clinical trial testing an immunotherapy combined with a cancer-killing virus to treat solid tumor cancers.
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Early Trials Show Responses for Some Blood Cancers
First results from two clinical trials testing the safety of natural killer cell therapies show responses by patients with some forms of blood-related cancers.
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Trial Begins Testing Crispr Gut Microbiome Therapy
A clinical trial is underway assessing a genetically edited oral drug designed to remove E. coli in the gut, a danger for patients with blood-related cancers.