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Targeted Therapy
Targeted Therapy: one of the major modalities of medical treatment for cancer, others being hormonal therapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy.
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JUL 19, 2019Cancer
New research recently published in the journal iScience takes a deeper look into metastatic cancers, finding that a part ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 08, 2019Genetics & Genomics
With a more precise version of CRISPR/Cas9, researchers altered a single, mutated copy of a gene, leaving the correct on ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Damaged tissue, such as heart cells that have died during a heart attack, could be repaired with stem cells if they are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2019Microbiology
Some cutting-edge techniques are being combined to create powerful and innovative therapeutics.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2019Genetics & Genomics
In 2017, 1.8 million new cases of HIV infection were diagnosed around the world, and around 37 million people live with ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
It may one day be possible to treat psychiatric disorders with therapy that targets genetic mutations, which was done in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2019Cancer
Triple-negative breast cancer is not a cancer diagnosis anyone wants to receive. A particularly aggressive form of breas ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 26, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder impacting the brain, can begin in the gut.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
A team of researchers is trying to develop a treatment for chronic inflammatory disorders by inhibiting a complex called ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
UConn School of Medicine researchers report that an investigational drug used for treating for the sickle cell disease h ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 19, 2019Genetics & Genomics
A drop in leptin concentration, a hormone released from fat stores, was vaguely understood to influence increased ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaJUN 17, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
What is now known as a "landmark in drug discovery", Harvard chemists have succeeded in synthesizing halichond ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 14, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
A study published in PLOS Biology suggests that attaching a removable lock to an arthritis drug can increase its effecti ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 13, 2019Chemistry & Physics
Targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT) applies radiolabeled biological vectors that can target a specific biomarker and del ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUN 10, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Source: Science CRISPR-cas9, commonly referred to simply as CRISPR, is a bacterial immune system that was first used as ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaJUN 07, 2019Health & Medicine
A stem cell, by definition, must be able to self-replicate to make more stem cells and to differentiate into a matu ...Written By: Dena ArutaJUN 05, 2019Health & Medicine
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University presented the findings of their study published in L ...Written By: Dena ArutaJUN 05, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a novel strategy for drug discovery and development such development can ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 02, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
In a Japanese study published in the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, antidepressant drugs targeted for treatin ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 01, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Cas13 makes a great diagnostic tool, and now researchers know why it naturally makes so many cuts in RNA.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2019Microbiology
As of 2018, around one in five 8-year-olds were impacted by autism spectrum disorder.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 29, 2019Health & Medicine
The most common form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic disease, is caused by mutations of chromosome ...Written By: Dena ArutaMAY 26, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells-based therapies may one day repair disorders caused by damaged cells. But those therapeutics must be tested.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Piqray (alpelisib) tablets, to be used in conjunction with FDA-approv ...Written By: Nouran Amin
JUL 19, 2019
Cancer
New research recently published in the journal iScience takes a deeper look into metastatic cancers, finding that a part
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 08, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
With a more precise version of CRISPR/Cas9, researchers altered a single, mutated copy of a gene, leaving the correct on
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Damaged tissue, such as heart cells that have died during a heart attack, could be repaired with stem cells if they are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2019
Microbiology
Some cutting-edge techniques are being combined to create powerful and innovative therapeutics.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
In 2017, 1.8 million new cases of HIV infection were diagnosed around the world, and around 37 million people live with
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
It may one day be possible to treat psychiatric disorders with therapy that targets genetic mutations, which was done in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2019
Cancer
Triple-negative breast cancer is not a cancer diagnosis anyone wants to receive. A particularly aggressive form of breas
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 26, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder impacting the brain, can begin in the gut.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
A team of researchers is trying to develop a treatment for chronic inflammatory disorders by inhibiting a complex called
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
UConn School of Medicine researchers report that an investigational drug used for treating for the sickle cell disease h
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 19, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A drop in leptin concentration, a hormone released from fat stores, was vaguely understood to influence increased
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JUN 17, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
What is now known as a "landmark in drug discovery", Harvard chemists have succeeded in synthesizing halichond
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 14, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
A study published in PLOS Biology suggests that attaching a removable lock to an arthritis drug can increase its effecti
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 13, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
Targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT) applies radiolabeled biological vectors that can target a specific biomarker and del
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Source: Science CRISPR-cas9, commonly referred to simply as CRISPR, is a bacterial immune system that was first used as
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JUN 07, 2019
Health & Medicine
A stem cell, by definition, must be able to self-replicate to make more stem cells and to differentiate into a matu
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
JUN 05, 2019
Health & Medicine
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University presented the findings of their study published in L
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
JUN 05, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a novel strategy for drug discovery and development such development can
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 02, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
In a Japanese study published in the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, antidepressant drugs targeted for treatin
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 01, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Cas13 makes a great diagnostic tool, and now researchers know why it naturally makes so many cuts in RNA.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2019
Microbiology
As of 2018, around one in five 8-year-olds were impacted by autism spectrum disorder.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2019
Health & Medicine
The most common form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic disease, is caused by mutations of chromosome
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAY 26, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells-based therapies may one day repair disorders caused by damaged cells. But those therapeutics must be tested.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Piqray (alpelisib) tablets, to be used in conjunction with FDA-approv
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin