Tag: genomics
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Trial Shows Results for Personal Cancer Immunotherapies
Interim results from a clinical trial testing personalized therapies invoking the immune system show responses from some patients with advanced liver cancer.
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Cancer Detection Start-Up Gains $4M in Seed Funds
A developer of early-stage non-invasive cancer detection tests based on research in university labs is raising $4 million in its seed venture round.
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RSV Nose Drops Vaccine Gets FDA Fast Track Tag
A vaccine designed from engineered live viruses and taken as nose drops to prevent respiratory syncytial virus received a Food and Drug Administration fast-track designation.
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AI Analytics Boost Breast Cancer Assessment Diversity
A genomic analytics company says an ethnicity algorithm added to a personal health questionnaire improves risk assessments for breast cancer across all populations.
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Dual-Action Vaccine Shown to Attack, Shrink Solid Tumors
Research with lab animals shows an experimental cancer vaccine generates immune-system cells that infiltrate solid tumors and reduce the tumor’s protective environment.
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Immunotherapy Start-Up Launches Collaboration, Raises $65M
A new biotechnology company is creating cancer immunotherapies that it says harness more of the full power of T-cells in the immune system to attack tumors.
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Grant Funds Regenerative Gel for Treating Skin Ulcers
A California state research agency is funding preclinical development of a gel designed to regenerate stem cells in the skin to help heal venous skin ulcers.
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New Funds Awarded for Rapid Infection Diagnostics
A developer of faster infection diagnostics is receiving another $8.2 million from an international group supporting solutions to antibiotic resistant microbes.
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“Dark Genome” Drug Discoverer Gains $37M in Early Funds
19 Oct. 2022. A biotechnology enterprise discovering new drugs from non-protein coding regions of the genome is raising €37.5 million ($US 36.6 million) in venture funds. Nucleome Therapeutics Ltd. in Oxford, U.K. is a three year-old business spun-off from genetic research labs at University of Oxford medical school. Nucleome Therapeutics is seeking new treatments for…
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Trial Begins Testing RNA Hepatitis-B Treatment
A clinical trial is underway testing the safety and chemical activity of a hepatitis-B therapy using engineered RNA to block production of a key protein linked to the disease.