Tag: clinical trials
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Trial Testing Engineered Virus as Cancer Treatment
A clinical trial is underway testing a genetically engineered virus to kill cancer cells, then stimulate the immune system to treat solid tumor cancers.
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Patent Set for Peptide Nerve Damage Treatments
The European Patent Office announced its intent to award a patent on treatments for nerve cell damage based on the peptide thymosin beta 4.
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Peptide Immunotherapy Shown Safe for Type 1 Diabetes
In an early clinical trial, researchers in the U.K. show treatments with peptides, fragments of proteins, are safe and can slow the progression of type 1 diabetes.
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Trial Underway Testing New ALS Treatment
Patients in a clinical trial testing a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, began receiving their first doses administered by the study team.
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Trial to Test Inhaled Insulin, App for Diabetes Mgmt
A clinical trial is planned to test the benefits of managing type 2 diabetes with an inhaled formulation of insulin and a smartphone app.
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Migraine Treatment Shown Effective in Late Trial
Results of a clinical trial show a single dose of new drug relieved migraine pain among more people with the condition, compared to a placebo.
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FDA Clears Algorithm-Assisted Cancer Diagnosis
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared for marketing a diagnostics system aided by machine learning algorithms to help radiologists detect breast cancer.
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RNA Vaccine for Rabies Found Safe, Generates Antibodies
A vaccine to prevent rabies made from messenger RNA, genetic material transcribed from DNA, was shown in a clinical trial to be generally safe and able under some conditions to induce antibodies.
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Lilly Licensing Autoimmune Therapy in $400M Deal
Drug maker Eli Lilly and Company is licensing a therapy from a biotechnology company that produces self-correcting cells for people with disorders caused by a malfunctioning immune system.
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Clinical Trial Begins for Liver Dialysis Device
A clinical trial is underway in Europe testing a device that works like dialysis to clear toxins from the blood associated with liver failure, where a transplant is often the only option.