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Targeted Therapy: one of the major modalities of medical treatment for cancer, others being hormonal therapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy.
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JUL 17, 2018Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system took the research world by storm when it was first introduced. Now there are concern ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
New techniques that can make stem cells could have a big impact on therapeutics.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2018Cancer
A new small molecule inhibitor, called PTC596, initiated apoptosis in MCL cells according to a study published this mont ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUL 10, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Patients with a severe kind of heart disease can't always take a drug that keep their cholesterol in check.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 06, 2018Genetics & Genomics
After early setbacks, genetic therapeutics are being developed again.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 06, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have now identified two combinations of small molecules that tamp down a protein called STING.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Recent research published in the Nature Partner journal Systems Biology and Applications examines how genome-wide data u ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 30, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This is the first time a gene alteration has successfully changed behaviors associated with autism.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2018Cancer
Glioblastoma is a very difficult cancer to treat; researchers look to an engineered poliovirus for novel targeted approa ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 25, 2018Cancer
Patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms treated with JAK1/2 inhibitor therapy are at increased risk of developing agg ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 22, 2018Microbiology
The human body can make a compound with a special power to fight viruses - an enzyme called viperin.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2018Genetics & Genomics
In a recent study, scientists sequenced the genome to find the mutation behind a disorder that causes blindness and para ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease where the immune system of an affected individual attacks its own bod ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 19, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Purdue University have created innovative drug technology that may seek to treat one of the most aggressi ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 19, 2018Cancer
Malignant glioma has specific invasive patterns of growth within the brain; one structure avoided by tumor cells is the ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 18, 2018Genetics & Genomics
When the balance between two enzymes was restored, it relieved symptoms of Alzheimer's in an animal model.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2018Cardiology
Changes in the cellular structure of heart muscle cells have a large impact: past and present studies show that these ty ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
For many individuals with asthma, a tiny particle almost invisible can trigger an asthmatic attack if it enters the airw ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 12, 2018Neuroscience
Head injuries, like concussions or traumatic brain injuries (TBI), can have devastating after effects. From post-concuss ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 06, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
The use of various techniques to cut off the blood vessels that feed tissue growth is known as embolization. Embolizatio ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 05, 2018Cancer
So often the phrases "Precision Medicine" and "Personalized Medicine" are used interchangeably. Are they really synonym ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 05, 2018Cancer
So often the phrases "Precision Medicine" and "Personalized Medicine" are used interchangeably. Are they really synonym ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 05, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
For some people, aspirin can help prevent colon cancer; now researchers have learned more about how that happens.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 05, 2018Cancer
The NCI-MATCH Phase II Clinical Trial is evaluating results of cancer treatments administered based on genetic profiles ...Written By: Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 17, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system took the research world by storm when it was first introduced. Now there are concern
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
New techniques that can make stem cells could have a big impact on therapeutics.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2018
Cancer
A new small molecule inhibitor, called PTC596, initiated apoptosis in MCL cells according to a study published this mont
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 10, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Patients with a severe kind of heart disease can't always take a drug that keep their cholesterol in check.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
After early setbacks, genetic therapeutics are being developed again.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have now identified two combinations of small molecules that tamp down a protein called STING.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Recent research published in the Nature Partner journal Systems Biology and Applications examines how genome-wide data u
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 30, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This is the first time a gene alteration has successfully changed behaviors associated with autism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2018
Cancer
Glioblastoma is a very difficult cancer to treat; researchers look to an engineered poliovirus for novel targeted approa
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 25, 2018
Cancer
Patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms treated with JAK1/2 inhibitor therapy are at increased risk of developing agg
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 22, 2018
Microbiology
The human body can make a compound with a special power to fight viruses - an enzyme called viperin.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
In a recent study, scientists sequenced the genome to find the mutation behind a disorder that causes blindness and para
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease where the immune system of an affected individual attacks its own bod
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 19, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Purdue University have created innovative drug technology that may seek to treat one of the most aggressi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 19, 2018
Cancer
Malignant glioma has specific invasive patterns of growth within the brain; one structure avoided by tumor cells is the
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 18, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
When the balance between two enzymes was restored, it relieved symptoms of Alzheimer's in an animal model.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2018
Cardiology
Changes in the cellular structure of heart muscle cells have a large impact: past and present studies show that these ty
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
For many individuals with asthma, a tiny particle almost invisible can trigger an asthmatic attack if it enters the airw
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 12, 2018
Neuroscience
Head injuries, like concussions or traumatic brain injuries (TBI), can have devastating after effects. From post-concuss
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 06, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
The use of various techniques to cut off the blood vessels that feed tissue growth is known as embolization. Embolizatio
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 05, 2018
Cancer
So often the phrases "Precision Medicine" and "Personalized Medicine" are used interchangeably. Are they really synonym
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 05, 2018
Cancer
So often the phrases "Precision Medicine" and "Personalized Medicine" are used interchangeably. Are they really synonym
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 05, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
For some people, aspirin can help prevent colon cancer; now researchers have learned more about how that happens.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2018
Cancer
The NCI-MATCH Phase II Clinical Trial is evaluating results of cancer treatments administered based on genetic profiles
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman