Tag: Clinical Trials

Heat-Controllable CAR T Cells Destroy Tumours and Prevent Relapse in New Study

August 25, 2021
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Atlanta, GA — A team of researchers led by bioengineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology is expanding the precision and ability of a revolutionary immunotherapy that is already transforming oncology....

New Immunotherapy Target Discovered for Malignant Brain Tumours

February 15, 2021
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Boston, MA — Scientists say they have discovered a potential new target for immunotherapy of malignant brain tumours, which so far have resisted the ground-breaking cancer treatment based on harnessing...

Star-Shaped Brain Cells may be Linked to Stuttering

February 15, 2021
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Riverside, CA — Astrocytes — star-shaped cells in the brain that are actively involved in brain function — may play an important role in stuttering, a study led by a University of California,...

A Recipe for Regenerating Bioengineered Hair

February 11, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research in Japan have discovered a recipe for continuous cyclical regeneration of cultured hair follicles from hair follicle...

Researchers Demonstrate Success with New Therapy for COVID-19

January 20, 2021
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Chicago, IL — A new therapy developed by researchers at Rush University Medical Center is showing success as a way to prevent COVID-19 symptoms in mice. In a study published in the Journal...

Genome Editing to Treat Human Retinal Degeneration

January 20, 2021
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New Rochelle, NY — Gene editing therapies, including CRISPR-Cas systems, offer the potential to correct mutations causing inherited retinal degenerations, a leading cause of blindness. Technological...

Two Anti-Inflammatory Compounds Shown to be Capable of Accelerating Recovery from COVID-19

November 16, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Two independent clinical studies – one by researchers at the Center for Cell-Based Therapy (CTC) in Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo (Brazil), on the monoclonal antibody eculizumab,...

Researcher Unveils Sensor that Rapidly Detects COVID-19 Infection

October 5, 2020
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Pasadena, CA — One feature of the COVID-19 virus that makes it so difficult to contain is that it can be easily spread to others by a person who has yet to show any signs of infection. The carrier...

Gene Test can Predict Risk of Medications Causing Liver Injury

September 8, 2020
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Cincinnati, OH — Scientists who were working on a way to determine the viability of batches of tiny liver organoids have discovered a testing method that may have far broader implications. Their study...

Research Finds Daily Cranberry Intake Associated with Reduced H. Pylori Infection Rates

August 18, 2020
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Wareham, MA — A new clinical trial found consuming cranberry juice containing 44 mg of proanthocyanidins (or “PACs”) per 240-mL serving twice daily for eight weeks resulted in a 20% reduction...

PARP Inhibitor Becomes New Treatment Option for Some Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

August 17, 2020
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Chicago, IL — Results from an international clinical trial found that men with advanced prostate cancer who have mutated BRCA1/BRCA2 genes can be treated successfully with a targeted therapy known...

A Blood Test could Predict Who Benefits from Immunotherapy

August 4, 2020
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Toronto, ON — A test which detects changing levels of tumour fragments in the blood may be an easy, non-invasive and quick way to predict who will benefit from immunotherapy, a treatment option for...

Research Findings Set New Standard for Blood-Based Biomarkers in Prediction of Cancer Recurrence

July 13, 2020
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Indianapolis, IN — Indiana University School of Medicine researchers Dr. Milan Radovich and Dr. Bryan Schneider, have discovered that the presence of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) and circulating...

Study Finds Out Why Some Words May Be More Memorable Than Others

June 30, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — Thousands of words, big and small, are crammed inside our memory banks just waiting to be swiftly withdrawn and strung into sentences. In a recent study of epilepsy patients and...

New Eye Drops may Prevent a Common Cause of Blindness

June 30, 2020
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New York, NY — Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have developed eye drops that could prevent vision loss after retinal vein occlusion, a major cause of blindness for millions...

Virtually Screening Antiviral Compounds Against SARS-CoV-2 Structure may Speed Up Drug and Vaccine D

June 25, 2020
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Washington, DC — Virtually screening antiviral compounds to model their interactions with the SARS-CoV-2 virus may enable scientists to more easily identify antiviral drugs that work against the virus...

Early Clinical Trial Supports Tumour Cell-Based Vaccine for Mantle Cell Lymphoma

June 22, 2020
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Stanford, CA — A phase I/II clinical trial by researchers at Stanford University suggests that vaccines prepared from a patient’s own tumor cells may prevent the incurable blood cancer mantle...

Study Links Elevated Levels of Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGEs) with Breast Cancer Risk

June 15, 2020
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Charleston, SC — Hollings Cancer Center researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and colleagues assessed the connection between dietary advanced glycation end products (AGEs)...

Clinical trial shows promising new treatment for rare blood cancer

June 1, 2020
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Nagoya, Japan — Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that develops from lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). It has many subtypes. A rare subtype, called intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (or...

How Coronavirus could be Prevented from Invading a Host Cell

June 1, 2020
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Riverside, CA — How might the novel coronavirus be prevented from entering a host cell in an effort to thwart infection? A team of biomedical scientists has made a discovery that points to a solution. The...

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