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Cell Therapy
Cell therapy is therapy in which cellular material is injected into a patient; this generally means intact, living cells. For example, T cells capable of fighting cancer cells via cell-mediated immunity may be injected in the course of immunotherapy.
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NOV 15, 2020Microbiology
Hubrecht Institute researchers observe a virus as it invades a cell and competes with the host for control of the host c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2020Microbiology
Some viruses only infect bacteria; they care called bacteriophages or phages for short. As antibiotic-resistant bacteria ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2020Genetics & Genomics
To repair disease-causing errors in the genome, gene editing reagents like those used in CRISPR-Cas9 first have to reach ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Many types of cells in our bodies are short-lived and need to be replenished. Cell division has to be carefully controll ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2020Cancer
Amongst the most common targets of anti-cancer drugs are small regulatory molecules called cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK ...Written By: Jasper CantrellNOV 10, 2020Cardiology
One of the greatest failures of modern cancer therapies is the rather substantial off-target toxic effects many radio-, ...Written By: Jasper CantrellNOV 09, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia are studying an immunotherapy that has shown early pro ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies are tests that look for biomarkers in the blood, which can help inform the treatment of cancer. The tool ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2020Cancer
A study published last week in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine provides insight into the molecular mechanisms t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 05, 2020Cancer
New research published this week in Cell from scientists at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the Department of Radi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 05, 2020Immunology
Our knowledge of COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 is increasing every day, with new research papers published continuously. Resear ...Written By: Heba El-wassefNOV 04, 2020Cancer
For decades, modern medicine has relied on chemists’ work to produce compounds that could one day be used as a dru ...Written By: Jasper CantrellNOV 03, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing technologies have rapidly advanced, reducing the time required to sequence the entire human genome fr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2020Cancer
Research from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health& ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 29, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing system holds great promise for treating genetic errors that cause human disease. But we ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 28, 2020Cancer
Research published recently in the Journal of Surgical Oncology looks at the disparities in lung cancer treatment a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 28, 2020Cancer
Radiotherapy alone or with chemotherapy is the go-to treatment for head and neck cancers. Unfortunately, head and neck t ...Written By: Jasper CantrellOCT 27, 2020Cardiology
When you pass by the nutrition section at the local grocery store, there is a chance you’ll come across row upon r ...Written By: Jasper CantrellOCT 26, 2020Cancer
Amongst the more common targets for cancer therapies are cell surface receptors. These receptors are proteins – us ...Written By: Jasper CantrellOCT 26, 2020Cancer
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry have developed a new approach to targeting leukemic stem cells ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 26, 2020Chemistry & Physics
New research published in the journal Small details how gold nanotubes could be used to treat mesothelioma cancer. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 22, 2020Cardiology
The secret to any successful drug is not just its ability to treat a disease but its ability to target the disease exclu ...Written By: Jasper CantrellOCT 21, 2020Microbiology
Ebola virus can pass from animals to humans, and between people. Rarely, it causes outbreaks but when it does, they can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
During a heart attack, blood flow is blocked and cells lose oxygen and begin to die. Scientists are developing many new ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2020
Microbiology
Hubrecht Institute researchers observe a virus as it invades a cell and competes with the host for control of the host c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2020
Microbiology
Some viruses only infect bacteria; they care called bacteriophages or phages for short. As antibiotic-resistant bacteria
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
To repair disease-causing errors in the genome, gene editing reagents like those used in CRISPR-Cas9 first have to reach
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many types of cells in our bodies are short-lived and need to be replenished. Cell division has to be carefully controll
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2020
Cancer
Amongst the most common targets of anti-cancer drugs are small regulatory molecules called cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 10, 2020
Cardiology
One of the greatest failures of modern cancer therapies is the rather substantial off-target toxic effects many radio-,
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 09, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia are studying an immunotherapy that has shown early pro
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies are tests that look for biomarkers in the blood, which can help inform the treatment of cancer. The tool
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2020
Cancer
A study published last week in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine provides insight into the molecular mechanisms t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 05, 2020
Cancer
New research published this week in Cell from scientists at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the Department of Radi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 05, 2020
Immunology
Our knowledge of COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 is increasing every day, with new research papers published continuously. Resear
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
NOV 04, 2020
Cancer
For decades, modern medicine has relied on chemists’ work to produce compounds that could one day be used as a dru
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 03, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing technologies have rapidly advanced, reducing the time required to sequence the entire human genome fr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2020
Cancer
Research from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health&
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 29, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing system holds great promise for treating genetic errors that cause human disease. But we
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2020
Cancer
Research published recently in the Journal of Surgical Oncology looks at the disparities in lung cancer treatment a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 28, 2020
Cancer
Radiotherapy alone or with chemotherapy is the go-to treatment for head and neck cancers. Unfortunately, head and neck t
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
OCT 27, 2020
Cardiology
When you pass by the nutrition section at the local grocery store, there is a chance you’ll come across row upon r
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
OCT 26, 2020
Cancer
Amongst the more common targets for cancer therapies are cell surface receptors. These receptors are proteins – us
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
OCT 26, 2020
Cancer
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry have developed a new approach to targeting leukemic stem cells
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 26, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
New research published in the journal Small details how gold nanotubes could be used to treat mesothelioma cancer.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 22, 2020
Cardiology
The secret to any successful drug is not just its ability to treat a disease but its ability to target the disease exclu
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
OCT 21, 2020
Microbiology
Ebola virus can pass from animals to humans, and between people. Rarely, it causes outbreaks but when it does, they can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
During a heart attack, blood flow is blocked and cells lose oxygen and begin to die. Scientists are developing many new
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch