Tag: genomics
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Engineered Bacteria Deliver Cancer Immunotherapy
13 Feb. 2020. A biomedical engineering team designed probiotic bacteria, which in lab mice are shown to deliver and enhance cancer immunotherapy drugs. Researchers at Columbia University in New York describe their engineered bacteria and findings in yesterday’s issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine (paid subscription required). Treatments that invoke the immune system to…
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Gene Therapy Licensed for Multiple Aging Diseases
A university spin-off company developing treatments to extend the lifetimes of dogs is gaining a gene therapy for preventing multiple age-related diseases.
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Blood Cancers Respond to Cord Blood Cells
A small-scale clinical trial shows most patients with two blood-related cancers safely respond to immune system cells derived from umbilical cord blood.
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Companies Deploy Blockchain for Food Safety, Tracking
A company offering food and animal safety services is applying blockchain technologies to boost its livestock and food tracking capabilities.
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Crispr Company Raises $45M in Venture Funds
A spin-off enterprise from a pioneering Crispr research lab is raising $45 million in venture funds to develop diagnostics and other applications.
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Organoids Shown Not Developing Like Real Brains
Brain organoids, three-dimensional collections of brain cells grown from stem cells, are found in lab tests to not become fully functioning cells and tissue.
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Liquid Biopsy, A.I. Detect Four Cancers
A single blood test analyzed by machine learning is shown in tests with cancer patients to detect the presence of four types of solid tumor cancers.
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FDA Issues Draft, Final Gene Therapy Guidance
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued new draft guidance for reviewing gene therapies as orphan drugs for rare diseases.
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Organ Chip Systems Simulate Full Body Drug Responses
A robotic system that ties together multiple chip devices representing different human organs can test for drug effects on patients without affecting the individuals.
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Many Non-Cancer Drugs Found to be Cancer Fighters
A systematic high-speed screen of more than 4,500 drugs on hundreds of cancer cell lines finds 49 approved drugs for a range of diseases are also able to treat cancer.