UC Davis Health researchers have dosed the second participant in their clinical trial looking to identify a potential cure for HIV utilizing CAR T-cell therapy. The novel study uses immunotherapy. It involves taking a patient’s own white blood cells, called…
New research shows that several anti-obesity medications could be manufactured and profitability sold worldwide at far lower estimated lower prices compared to their high costs, according to a new study in Obesity, The Obesity Society’s (TOS) flagship journal. “Access to…
The current COVID-19 vaccines are designed to trigger an antibody response to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, which is vulnerable to mutations that could make the vaccine less effective over time. Focusing on the T-cell instead, Penn State researchers partnered with…
A research team led by the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) with members from Duke-NUS Medical School, KK Women and Children’s Hospital, A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), the University of Southampton and the Alan Turing Institute, has discovered how cancer…
Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) has become a promising immunotherapy tool to help treat advanced melanoma. The therapy, which harnesses immune cells collected from the patient’s own tumors, could provide a new treatment option to cancer patients, potentially bypassing radiation therapies…
Glioblastoma is the most common type of brain tumor in adults. The disease is 100% fatal and there are no cures, making it the most aggressive type of cancer. Such a poor prognosis has motivated researchers and neurosurgeons to understand…
CycPeptMPDB, a novel database – created by Tokyo Tech researchers – focused on the membrane permeability of cyclic peptides, could accelerate the development of drugs based on these promising compounds. This database was created by gathering published information on thousands…
How to determine the most effective treatment for colon cancer? The response to chemotherapy varies greatly from one patient to another. A team from the UNIGE has developed a new method for testing different drugs, without going through the affected…
Gepotidacin’s positive phase III data shows potential to be the first in a new class of oral antibiotics for uncomplicated urinary tract infections in over 20 years GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) presented positive results from the pivotal EAGLE-2 and EAGLE-3…
mRNA-4157/V940, an Investigational Personalized mRNA Cancer Vaccine, in Combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), Receives PRIME Scheme Designation from the European Medicines Agency for Adjuvant Treatment of Patients with High-Risk Stage III/IV Melanoma Following Complete Resection Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering…
Imfinzi-based treatment before and after surgery reduced the risk of disease recurrence, progression events or death by 32% in resectable non-small cell lung cancer in the AEGEAN Phase III trial Positive results from the AEGEAN Phase III trial showed that…
New data from pivotal studies with aflibercept 8 mg New Subgroup and further analyses from PULSAR, PHOTON and CANDELA provide insights into durability results of extended treatment intervals, patient characteristics as well as efficacy and safety of intravitreal aflibercept 8…