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Gene and Cell Therapy
With the goal of treating and curing disease, gene and cell therapy provide treatment by means of altering a person's genetic code and transferring live cells to improve symptoms and reduce levels of disease-causing proteins.
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DEC 08, 2020Immunology
Immunotherapies have emerged as a powerful treatment modality for cancer. They join chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 07, 2020Cancer
The usefulness of marijuana against cancer has been in question for some years now. Some are saying it has the potential ...Written By: Jasper CantrellNOV 29, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In recent years, scientists have been able to develop gene therapies to treat some eye diseases. The eyes are uniquely q ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
If people are going to explore deep space, we should learn more about the effects that such an environment would potenti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The triclosan once commonly added to soap was banned by the FDA a few years ago, but it can still be found in some water ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Clinicians have identified a patient with a rare inherited disorder that disrupts the production of fresh blood cells, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies need cholesterol for certain crucial functions; it's a vital component of cell walls, for example. But there ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Genetic mutations are usually connected to disease, but there are some that are known to improve people's lives.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 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 03, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing technologies have rapidly advanced, reducing the time required to sequence the entire human genome fr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 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 19, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
To learn more about biology and medicine, researchers have used advances in molecular techniques and computational biolo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2020Cancer
Research published recently in the journal Science Translational Medicine from scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Compr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 13, 2020Immunology
Cell and gene therapies hold great promise for improved health outcomes. Now is the time to advance life-saving research ...Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher ScientificOCT 12, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Cancer immunotherapies are becoming increasingly promising as a standard-of-care treatment. However, despite their promi ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 12, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Increasing anecdotal and academic evidence has been emerging in recent years about the plethora of health benefits behin ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 11, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Terahertz waves sit in the far infrared/microwave portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, and can be generated by power ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a way to selectively target certain cancer cells with CRISPR.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2020Genetics & Genomics
There are different types of dementia, a term for a loss of cognitive function, including Alzheimer's disease and Le ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2020Cancer
New research published in Nature Genetics provides insight on the formation of mutations in the genome. Researchers from ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 01, 2020Cardiology
The heart is a vital part of the body that can last one hundred years, yet even a small change can cause massive consequ ...Written By: Jasper Cantrell
DEC 08, 2020
Immunology
Immunotherapies have emerged as a powerful treatment modality for cancer. They join chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy,
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 07, 2020
Cancer
The usefulness of marijuana against cancer has been in question for some years now. Some are saying it has the potential
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 29, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In recent years, scientists have been able to develop gene therapies to treat some eye diseases. The eyes are uniquely q
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
If people are going to explore deep space, we should learn more about the effects that such an environment would potenti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The triclosan once commonly added to soap was banned by the FDA a few years ago, but it can still be found in some water
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Clinicians have identified a patient with a rare inherited disorder that disrupts the production of fresh blood cells, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies need cholesterol for certain crucial functions; it's a vital component of cell walls, for example. But there
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic mutations are usually connected to disease, but there are some that are known to improve people's lives.
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 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 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
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 19, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
To learn more about biology and medicine, researchers have used advances in molecular techniques and computational biolo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2020
Cancer
Research published recently in the journal Science Translational Medicine from scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Compr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 13, 2020
Immunology
Cell and gene therapies hold great promise for improved health outcomes. Now is the time to advance life-saving research
...
Sponsored By:
Thermo Fisher Scientific
OCT 12, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Cancer immunotherapies are becoming increasingly promising as a standard-of-care treatment. However, despite their promi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 12, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Increasing anecdotal and academic evidence has been emerging in recent years about the plethora of health benefits behin
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 11, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Terahertz waves sit in the far infrared/microwave portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, and can be generated by power
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a way to selectively target certain cancer cells with CRISPR.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
There are different types of dementia, a term for a loss of cognitive function, including Alzheimer's disease and Le
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2020
Cancer
New research published in Nature Genetics provides insight on the formation of mutations in the genome. Researchers from
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 01, 2020
Cardiology
The heart is a vital part of the body that can last one hundred years, yet even a small change can cause massive consequ
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell