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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 22, 2017Cancer
The type of cancer has a significant bearing for the patient’s prognosis. A patient diagnosed with aggressive brai ...NOV 21, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
We are using 3D organoids to unravel new therapies for a broad spectrum of human diseaseWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 20, 2017Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR gene editing is being attempted for the first time in an adult; the patient has a disease called Hunter Syndrome.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2017Cancer
A substance found in an antiparasitic drug could block vital communication for prostate and colon cancer cells, a new st ...NOV 18, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists in Europe Use Genetically Modified Patient Stem Cells to Graft Whole Body SkinWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 17, 2017Cancer
Women who have seemingly beaten breast cancer may still be at risk for the cancer’s unceremonious return decades l ...NOV 17, 2017Cardiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a rare, genetic, neuromuscular disease that primarily affects males - leads to degeneratio ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 16, 2017Cancer
By targeting the endcaps of cancer cell chromosomes, researchers may have landed on a promising new therapy to treat the ...NOV 15, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
This work could have an impact on how wound repair is approached, for example the times that surgeries are performed.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A boy whose extremely fragile skin, like that of a butterfly, has been saved by an experimental therapy. The first-of-it ...NOV 10, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Miscarriage is one of the most common complications in early pregnancy, affecting around one in every four pregnancies. ...NOV 10, 2017Cancer
By carefully observing how DNA is packaged inside of cancer cells, scientists have developed a therapy that they say can ...NOV 09, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warnings because of four companies that are marketing unproven ma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Eat your spinach or you may risk losing your hearing, suggests a study. In examining a large cohort of over 300,000 peop ...NOV 09, 2017Immunology
Regulatory T cells control the activity of other cells, but who regulates the regulatory T cells? Scientists from the Sa ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 07, 2017Technology
CASIS, Boeing and MassChallenge will fund three new space station research projects spanning the fields of stem cell res ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 04, 2017Cardiology
The body has built-in mechanisms to handle brain injury, but when something disrupts the repair process, neurological di ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 03, 2017Cancer
A dense metal found in space rocks could be the kryptonite for cancer cells, researchers announced. The metal is known a ...NOV 01, 2017Cardiology
Some people receive a warning from their body that a serious stroke is on the way, a warning that comes in the form of a ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 31, 2017Technology
Vascular Surgeon John Martin was testing a Butterfly IQ pocket-sized ultrasound when he detected his own cancer.Written By: Julia TraversOCT 26, 2017Cancer
Scientists have devised numerous ways to kill cancer. However, the long-standing caveat is that most effective methods o ...OCT 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Relatively recent advancements in gene editing tools have completely revolutionized biomedical science, and now that tec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have long wondered how many mutations have to occur within a cell for it to become cancerous.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2017Immunology
Why are women more likely to have an autoimmune disease? It may literally be in their genes. A new study suggests that w ...Written By: Kara Marker
NOV 22, 2017
Cancer
The type of cancer has a significant bearing for the patient’s prognosis. A patient diagnosed with aggressive brai
...
NOV 21, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
We are using 3D organoids to unravel new therapies for a broad spectrum of human disease
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 20, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR gene editing is being attempted for the first time in an adult; the patient has a disease called Hunter Syndrome.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2017
Cancer
A substance found in an antiparasitic drug could block vital communication for prostate and colon cancer cells, a new st
...
NOV 18, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists in Europe Use Genetically Modified Patient Stem Cells to Graft Whole Body Skin
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 17, 2017
Cancer
Women who have seemingly beaten breast cancer may still be at risk for the cancer’s unceremonious return decades l
...
NOV 17, 2017
Cardiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a rare, genetic, neuromuscular disease that primarily affects males - leads to degeneratio
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 16, 2017
Cancer
By targeting the endcaps of cancer cell chromosomes, researchers may have landed on a promising new therapy to treat the
...
NOV 15, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
This work could have an impact on how wound repair is approached, for example the times that surgeries are performed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A boy whose extremely fragile skin, like that of a butterfly, has been saved by an experimental therapy. The first-of-it
...
NOV 10, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Miscarriage is one of the most common complications in early pregnancy, affecting around one in every four pregnancies.
...
NOV 10, 2017
Cancer
By carefully observing how DNA is packaged inside of cancer cells, scientists have developed a therapy that they say can
...
NOV 09, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warnings because of four companies that are marketing unproven ma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Eat your spinach or you may risk losing your hearing, suggests a study. In examining a large cohort of over 300,000 peop
...
NOV 09, 2017
Immunology
Regulatory T cells control the activity of other cells, but who regulates the regulatory T cells? Scientists from the Sa
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 07, 2017
Technology
CASIS, Boeing and MassChallenge will fund three new space station research projects spanning the fields of stem cell res
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 04, 2017
Cardiology
The body has built-in mechanisms to handle brain injury, but when something disrupts the repair process, neurological di
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 03, 2017
Cancer
A dense metal found in space rocks could be the kryptonite for cancer cells, researchers announced. The metal is known a
...
NOV 01, 2017
Cardiology
Some people receive a warning from their body that a serious stroke is on the way, a warning that comes in the form of a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 31, 2017
Technology
Vascular Surgeon John Martin was testing a Butterfly IQ pocket-sized ultrasound when he detected his own cancer.
Written By:
Julia Travers
OCT 26, 2017
Cancer
Scientists have devised numerous ways to kill cancer. However, the long-standing caveat is that most effective methods o
...
OCT 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Relatively recent advancements in gene editing tools have completely revolutionized biomedical science, and now that tec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have long wondered how many mutations have to occur within a cell for it to become cancerous.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2017
Immunology
Why are women more likely to have an autoimmune disease? It may literally be in their genes. A new study suggests that w
...
Written By:
Kara Marker