GRYT Health, a mobile-based social community that was organized by caregivers and cancer survivors, is organizing its 2019 Global Virtual Cancer Conference. This event will be completely hosted on GRYT's…
According to a story from Newswise, Quest Diagnostics, a laboratory that specializes in diagnostic information, has announced plans to participate in a unique, large scale trial called NCI-MATCH, which stands…
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While the last few years have seen major advances in all areas of the pharmaceutical industry, some of the newest and brightest talents are now focusing on cell and…
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As set forth in a recent MD Anderson Cancer Center publication, targeted therapy makes it possible to personalize cancer treatment. It is also known as “precision medicine”. For about forty…
According to a story from EurekAlert!, in recent years immunotherapy, which are methods of treatment that enhance or harness the body's immune system to fight disease, have become increasingly prominent…
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The number of people in the U.S. who are permanently disabled or who die each year as a result of misdiagnosis is estimated to be over 100,000. EurekAlert recently reported…
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Many patients may not be aware of the vital role they play in medical discoveries, or that without their participation there would be no medical discoveries. CheckOrphan recently presented…
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Gov.UK recently published a speech by Baroness Blackwood in which she announced that the National Health Service (NHS) is currently involved in one of the most significant transformations in social…
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Fifty years ago, the air base in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, was the world’s busiest airport. The base is now surrounded by four neighborhoods with about 111,000…
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…
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