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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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JAN 24, 2020Immunology
A natural housekeeping function performed by many cells of the human body, including those in the immune system, is unde ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 23, 2020Cancer
New research published in the journal Cancer Cell investigates the role of circular RNAs in the spread of melanoma. Mela ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 22, 2020Cancer
A new study describes how a molecule named VISTA has been impeding immune responses in cancer therapies. By turning this ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The FDA has recently approved Ayvakit (avapritinib) for the treatment of unresectable and metastatic gastrointestinal st ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 21, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Drugs have to be rigorously tested before they can be offered to patients, so it can be much easier to find more than on ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2020Cancer
A study from MIT. Harvard and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has concluded that almost 50 existing non-oncological dru ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that changes in the structure of the genome in breast cancer cells can make them resistant to dru ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
For a drug to be effective, it has to get to the right place to exert its impact.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Individuals suffering from osteoarthritis often face challenges of limited treatment options mainly pain relievers or jo ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 16, 2020Cancer
A new technique called FLASH proposes a new type of radiation therapy. The technique is composed of an ultra-high dose r ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 16, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have found that supplements containing short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) may be able to help the brain recover ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 15, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A future where patients no longer need to endure expensive, painful and complicated cancer tests could soon become a rea ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 15, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Research carried out by the University of Minnesota Medical School indicates a new drug target for treating a drug addic ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 14, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A class of antibiotics, known as the ‘aminoglycosides’ may serve as a promising treatment for frontotemporal ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 13, 2020Cancer
New research published in the journal Cell Communication and Signaling suggests that bitter melon, also known as bitter ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 12, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Altering two signaling pathways extended the lives of a research model called C elegans by an astonishing 500 percent.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2020Neuroscience
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer's, and Huntington's Disease are predicated ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaJAN 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists were studying viruses that infect and kill bacteria as a medicine for bacterial infections over a hundred yea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2020Immunology
T cells may be able to reach their full potential in the fight against cancer with a little nudge. In 2010, scientists f ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 31, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Computational tools are becoming increasingly important in biological research. Now scientists have found a way to use m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 31, 2019Genetics & Genomics
He Jiankui, the scientist behind the world’s first gene-edited babies in 2018, has been sentenced to three years i ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 29, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic errors cause many different kinds of diseases, and gene therapy has aimed to relieve those symptoms by ad ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2019Microbiology
It takes a long time for a drug to be approved for use in humans; repurposing existing drugs is one way to get around th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 25, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to new breast cancer drug, trastuzumab deruxtecan. ...Written By: Annie Lennon
JAN 24, 2020
Immunology
A natural housekeeping function performed by many cells of the human body, including those in the immune system, is unde
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 23, 2020
Cancer
New research published in the journal Cancer Cell investigates the role of circular RNAs in the spread of melanoma. Mela
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 22, 2020
Cancer
A new study describes how a molecule named VISTA has been impeding immune responses in cancer therapies. By turning this
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The FDA has recently approved Ayvakit (avapritinib) for the treatment of unresectable and metastatic gastrointestinal st
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 21, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Drugs have to be rigorously tested before they can be offered to patients, so it can be much easier to find more than on
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2020
Cancer
A study from MIT. Harvard and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has concluded that almost 50 existing non-oncological dru
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that changes in the structure of the genome in breast cancer cells can make them resistant to dru
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
For a drug to be effective, it has to get to the right place to exert its impact.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Individuals suffering from osteoarthritis often face challenges of limited treatment options mainly pain relievers or jo
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 16, 2020
Cancer
A new technique called FLASH proposes a new type of radiation therapy. The technique is composed of an ultra-high dose r
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 16, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have found that supplements containing short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) may be able to help the brain recover
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 15, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A future where patients no longer need to endure expensive, painful and complicated cancer tests could soon become a rea
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 15, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Research carried out by the University of Minnesota Medical School indicates a new drug target for treating a drug addic
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 14, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A class of antibiotics, known as the ‘aminoglycosides’ may serve as a promising treatment for frontotemporal
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 13, 2020
Cancer
New research published in the journal Cell Communication and Signaling suggests that bitter melon, also known as bitter
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 12, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Altering two signaling pathways extended the lives of a research model called C elegans by an astonishing 500 percent.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2020
Neuroscience
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer's, and Huntington's Disease are predicated
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JAN 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists were studying viruses that infect and kill bacteria as a medicine for bacterial infections over a hundred yea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2020
Immunology
T cells may be able to reach their full potential in the fight against cancer with a little nudge. In 2010, scientists f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 31, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Computational tools are becoming increasingly important in biological research. Now scientists have found a way to use m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
He Jiankui, the scientist behind the world’s first gene-edited babies in 2018, has been sentenced to three years i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 29, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic errors cause many different kinds of diseases, and gene therapy has aimed to relieve those symptoms by ad
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2019
Microbiology
It takes a long time for a drug to be approved for use in humans; repurposing existing drugs is one way to get around th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 25, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to new breast cancer drug, trastuzumab deruxtecan.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon