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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 04, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a new, targeted strategy to eliminate brain tumors and prevent future recurrences of brain can ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJAN 04, 2023Health & Medicine
The new anti-psychotic lumateperone was developed to treat schizophrenia and bipolar I and II disorder in adults. But wh ...Written By: Amielle MorenoJAN 03, 2023Immunology
Immunotherapy called CAR T cell therapy is a treatment that aims to train immune cells to get better at fighting disease ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 30, 2022Health & Medicine
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the USA - the five-year relative survival rate is as low ...Written By: Greta AnneDEC 26, 2022Immunology
Almost every patient who gets myeloma and is treated with a standard therapy also experiences relapse. But researchers h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Mutations in a handful of genes can cause severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which severely disrupts the body's ab ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2022Neuroscience
A study conducted by Dartmouth researchers found that people are generally predisposed to interpret interactions to be s ...Written By: Kerry CharronDEC 20, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Immune checkpoints are a part of the immune system that prevents the body’s immune response from destroying health ...Written By: Zoe MichaudDEC 20, 2022Microbiology
For decades, people relied on antibiotics to eliminate bacterial infections, and for a long time, those antibiotics work ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2022Cancer
Many medical treatments have toxicities, sometimes called adverse events , which can complicate a patient’s treatm ...Written By: Katie KokolusDEC 19, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), a rare disorder that primarily affects the immune system, mainly affects children a ...Written By: Zoe MichaudDEC 19, 2022Cancer
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have become a treatment option for many patients with advanced melanoma. Still ...Written By: Katie KokolusDEC 18, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disorder that typically affects children, and can lead to many complicatio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
T cells that are used in immunotherapy have to be programmed to efficiently destroy cancer cells. Researchers have now u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2022Cancer
Chemotherapies, drugs used to fight cancer by killing tumor cells or preventing them from growing and dividing, remain s ...Written By: Katie KokolusDEC 05, 2022Neuroscience
Drugs that effectively treat disorders of the brain are very challenging to develop. In the past few decades, researcher ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2022Drug Discovery & DevelopmentThe backdrop upon which every successful gene therapy is developed is the ability to safely and specifically target cell ...Sponsored By: PerkinElmerNOV 28, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
MicroRNAs are small (between just 21 and 23 nucleotides), non-coding RNA molecules. They are involved in the post-transc ...Written By: Zoe MichaudNOV 25, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Long-term antibiotic use to treat adolescent acne disrupts the gut microbiome and impairs bone maturation. The correspon ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 21, 2022Immunology
Zika virus is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and can cause a mild illness in otherwise healthy adults. But wh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
An implantable pump can bypass the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy to specific brain areas. The correspondi ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 11, 2022Immunology
A bone marrow or blood stem cell transplant has been an effective but risky way to treat multiple sclerosis (MS), and no ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Cystic fibrosis (CF) affects over 100,000 people worldwide and is caused by one of several known mutations in the CFTR ( ...Written By: Anusha NaganathanNOV 06, 2022Genetics & Genomics
In August of this year, a single patient was enrolled in a trial that used CRISPR to correct a genetic mutation that led ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a new, targeted strategy to eliminate brain tumors and prevent future recurrences of brain can
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JAN 04, 2023
Health & Medicine
The new anti-psychotic lumateperone was developed to treat schizophrenia and bipolar I and II disorder in adults. But wh
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JAN 03, 2023
Immunology
Immunotherapy called CAR T cell therapy is a treatment that aims to train immune cells to get better at fighting disease
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 30, 2022
Health & Medicine
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the USA - the five-year relative survival rate is as low
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
DEC 26, 2022
Immunology
Almost every patient who gets myeloma and is treated with a standard therapy also experiences relapse. But researchers h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Mutations in a handful of genes can cause severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which severely disrupts the body's ab
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2022
Neuroscience
A study conducted by Dartmouth researchers found that people are generally predisposed to interpret interactions to be s
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 20, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Immune checkpoints are a part of the immune system that prevents the body’s immune response from destroying health
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
DEC 20, 2022
Microbiology
For decades, people relied on antibiotics to eliminate bacterial infections, and for a long time, those antibiotics work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2022
Cancer
Many medical treatments have toxicities, sometimes called adverse events , which can complicate a patient’s treatm
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
DEC 19, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), a rare disorder that primarily affects the immune system, mainly affects children a
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
DEC 19, 2022
Cancer
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have become a treatment option for many patients with advanced melanoma. Still
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
DEC 18, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disorder that typically affects children, and can lead to many complicatio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
T cells that are used in immunotherapy have to be programmed to efficiently destroy cancer cells. Researchers have now u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2022
Cancer
Chemotherapies, drugs used to fight cancer by killing tumor cells or preventing them from growing and dividing, remain s
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
DEC 05, 2022
Neuroscience
Drugs that effectively treat disorders of the brain are very challenging to develop. In the past few decades, researcher
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
The backdrop upon which every successful gene therapy is developed is the ability to safely and specifically target cell
...
Sponsored By:
PerkinElmer
NOV 28, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
MicroRNAs are small (between just 21 and 23 nucleotides), non-coding RNA molecules. They are involved in the post-transc
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
NOV 25, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Long-term antibiotic use to treat adolescent acne disrupts the gut microbiome and impairs bone maturation. The correspon
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 21, 2022
Immunology
Zika virus is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and can cause a mild illness in otherwise healthy adults. But wh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
An implantable pump can bypass the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy to specific brain areas. The correspondi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 11, 2022
Immunology
A bone marrow or blood stem cell transplant has been an effective but risky way to treat multiple sclerosis (MS), and no
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Cystic fibrosis (CF) affects over 100,000 people worldwide and is caused by one of several known mutations in the CFTR (
...
Written By:
Anusha Naganathan
NOV 06, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
In August of this year, a single patient was enrolled in a trial that used CRISPR to correct a genetic mutation that led
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch