According to Medical XPress, researchers have discovered a new potential therapy for patients with pancreatic cancer. By changing the pH balance within cancer cells, researchers could trigger cell death. Read…
According to a news release, researchers have found that cysteinase, a compound designed to treat a rare kidney stone disease, may also be effective in treating patients with pancreatic cancer.…
In a period of unprecedented changes, it is understandable that people may question what their lives may look like moving forward. COVID-19 has now spread to 196 countries and…
Cell-in-a-Box, the name of one of Biotech’s new products is just as intriguing as the drug itself. A recent article in NewsFile characterizes the product as having the potential…
According to a story from Newsfile, the biotechnology company PharmaCyte is beginning to turn heads with the potential of its proprietary Cell-in-a-Box technology that has the potential to greatly improve…
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The ASCO Post recently reported findings of high response rates and improved survival from the combination of platinum-based cisplatin and gemcitabine (chemotherapy) in BRCA/PALB2 mutation positive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. The goal…
The Study: MRx0518-I-003 MRx0518-I-003 is a trial investigating MRx0518 as part of a combination treatment for pancreatic cancer, used with preoperative radiotherapy. The trial will evaluate the therapies safety and…
According to an article in BioSpace, the FDA recently approved the PARP inhibitor Lynparza that was developed by Merck and AstraZeneca to be used as maintenance therapy for pancreatic…
John Lewis, a longtime United States congressman and civil rights leader who helped organized the historic 1963 March on Washington, announced he's undergoing treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer. At…
According to a press release from Mateon Therapeutics, Mateon's recent merger agreement with PointR Data establishes plans to combine the use of artificial intelligence and data collection for the development…
According to a story from BioSpace, the biopharmaceutical company CrystalGenomics, Inc. recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company's investigational drug candidate CG-745 Orphan…
It was announced late last week that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had just completed three weeks of radiation treatment for tumors on her pancreas. Pancreatic cancer occurs in the pancreas, an organ…
According to a story from Medpage Today, a recent, small scale, early study of patients with local but advanced pancreatic cancer revealed that an experimental combination treatment comprised of chemoradiation…
According to a publication from EurekAlert, researchers from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (OUCM) recently published a study in the journal Gastroenterology suggesting how cachexia is triggered in…
According to a publication from the Arizona BioIndustry Association, Dr. Rachna Shroff and a team of researchers from the Arizona Cancer Center are studying the use of nab-paclitaxel (a pancreatic…
According to a story from Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, there are a wide variety of different treatment approaches for cancer; however, the effectiveness of these treatments so far has been…
Answer: This iconic game show host - who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer earlier this year - has miraculously overcome the odds, announcing he is in "near remission."…
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Health News Digest recently published an article that describes a simple blood test called DELFI, meaning DNA evaluation of fragments for early interception. Its simplicity belies the fact that it can detect…
According to a story from BioPortfolio, AstraZeneca and Merck have recently announced the results from a phase 3 clinical trial testing olaparib (marketed as LYNPARZA®) as a treatment for BRCA…
According to a story from finanznachrichten.de, the biotherapeutics company 4D pharma has recently announced a research partnership with the MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas. The goal of…
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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…
According to a story from Financial Buzz, the drug developer Rafael Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recently announced that a Phase II clinical trial that will test the company's experimental drug CPI-613 in…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company Innovation Pharmaceuticals recently released a report in which recent studies and pre-clinical research has suggested that the company's experimental drug Kevetrin…
According to a story from the Andover Advertiser, mother June Beere has kicked off a campaign to open a cancer support center after her 42 year old daughter Gemma Kent…
For years FibroGen has been investigating a drug called pamrevlumab. They believe it could be an effective treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), pancreatic cancer, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).…
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