Tag: cancer
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Advanced Solid Tumor Precision Meds. Trial Begins
A clinical trial is underway testing a treatment for advanced-stage cancers that blocks amino acids allowing nutrients to feed the growth of solid tumors.
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Cancer Protein Therapy Biotech Raises $400M in IPO
A three year-old company developing protein-targeted cancer therapies with computational techniques is raising $400 million in its initial public offering of common stock.
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FDA Halts Off-the-Shelf Engineered T-Cell Trial
A company designing gene-edited T-cells as cancer therapies stopped its clinical trial of a treatment for multiple myeloma when a patient in the trial died.
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Ultrasound Boosts Cancer Gene Therapy
Ultrasound waves are shown in tests with lab mice to increase the uptake of a gene therapy that invokes the immune system in treating solid tumor cancers.
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Covid-19 Dual Therapy Drug Trial Okayed
A company developing an oral drug that treats both Covid-19 infections and overactive immune system reactions received regulatory approval for a later-stage clinical trial.
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Cancer Drug Technology Licensed for Covid-19
A biotechnology company is licensing medical research discoveries from university labs first designed for treating cancer as a potential Covid-19 therapy.
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MD Anderson to Advance Laser Immunotherapy
An experimental cancer treatment that uses lasers to activate drugs that invoke the immune system is being evaluated by MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Start-Up Creating a Simpler, Stable Liquid Biopsy
A new company spun off from University of Oxford is developing a stable and sensitive blood test to detect multiple types of cancer in their early stages.
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Home-Based Cancer Care Boosts Outcomes, Cuts Costs
An evaluation of a two year-old home care service for cancer patients shows the program reduces chances of later hospital visits and lowers overall patient costs.
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Trial Tests Liquid Biopsy Feasibility in Lung Cancer
Companies that offer biotechnology, diagnostics, and analytics are testing liquid biopsies to make personalized diagnosis and care feasible for lung cancer patients.