According to a story from curetoday.com, the findings from a recent study indicate the patients with metastatic bladder cancer demonstrated an improved rate of response to an immunotherapy drug combination…
According to a story from The ASCO Post, recent studies suggest that around 70,000 adolescents and young adults are diagnosed with some type of cancer in the US each year.…
According to a story from statnews.com, a recent study found that the Affordable Care Act was able to help reduce differences in access to critical cancer treatment between black and…
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CRISPR-Cas9, the genome editing tool, has caused quite a stir in the scientific community. According to a recent article in Science Daily, with results published in Nature Communications, CRISPR has…
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Although somewhat of an exaggeration, the title of this article falls in line with the thinking of Insitro’s founder, Daphne Koller. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Koller said that…
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Ash Clinical News recently interviewed Dr. Bruce Leff of Johns Hopkins in connection with “hospital-at-home”, one of the major changes occurring in hospital care. Dr. Leff and his team at…
A group of international scientists has been exploring using new DNA-based nanomachines for gene therapy. The nanomachines are hoped to be more effective in the treatment of oncological diseases. As…
According to a story from the Breast Cancer Society of Canada, Veronica Dubois, who is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Medical Biophysics, is focusing her research on developing…
The University of Louisville’s publication UL News recently reported a finding by its research team regarding an immune checkpoint molecule. The molecule had been developed for cancer immunotherapy but when…
According to a story from Oral Cancer News, a class of immunotherapy drugs called immune checkpoint inhibitors can play a critical role in treating a number of common and rare…
What is the Disparity? America is greatly divided by many things and race has always been one of them. Not only are there large social and economic divides among racial…
According to a story from Dr. Hooman Noorchashm, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a reasonably effective system for regulating and approving new drugs while appropriately evaluating them…
According to the Des Moines Register, Iowa has a new medical marijuana program rolling out on December 1st, but many doctors in the state have reservations about enrolling patients. Iowa's…
According to a story from UCI News, University of California Irvine scientists have developed an innovative immunotherapy that could screen patients in order to analyze the composition of their tumors…
A study has found that more than 80% of participants carrying genes linked to breast cancer didn’t know they had them. The research paper, called ‘Exome Sequencing-Based Screening for BRCA1/2…
The 2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to two researchers working on checkpoint inhibitor therapies for cancer. A source article by AFP, shared by medical express, outlines how checkpoint…
A study, called ‘Prevalence of Variant Reclassification Following Hereditary Cancer Genetic Testing’, has examined how often the results of genetic testing for cancer risk are later reclassified. To read about…
An enormous anonymous donation of more than $18 million has been given to the BC Cancer Foundation to fund cutting-edge treatments. The news was announced in an article by the…
Results from a study that were presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology’s Congress have shown that the investigational drug for prostate cancer INO-5150 may be able to slow…
A recent discussion between Dr Crystal Mackall and Dr Lynn Zydowsky explored the research, challenges, and future of cancer gene therapies. Dr Mackall is a doctor and renowned cancer researcher…
Death or Debt? That is the question that begins the title of a recent study that is examining "financial toxicity" for patients with newly diagnosed cancer. Treatment for cancer is…
September was Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and Sickle Cell Awareness Month. To mark to occasion, the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta released a…
HPV or human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the US. It is so common that most sexually active people will catch the virus at some…
Researchers have previously found that patients with cancer who live in more rural locations have worse outcomes than those from urban places. However, it isn’t clear what causes this pattern.…
LiPlaCis is a formulation of cisplatin that delivers its agent directly to cancerous tumor sites. Its efficacy has so far only been studied within breast cancer patients. However, scientists have reason to…
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