In Depth 25 Jun 2025
ALS: how close are we to a cure?
…drugs to always make it to the market. Nevertheless, as different kinds of therapies seem to be on the horizon at present, it is more likely that with the ramped-up…
Search Results for: T cells
News and Trends 10 Jul 2023
Existing cancer drug could be repurposed to fight certain aggressive cancers
…through alternative pathways, rather than activating telomerase. This mechanism is known as the alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT). To date, there is no clinically approved targeted treatment for ALT cancers….
Best in Biotech 23 Mar 2023
Hearing loss research: Five advancements in the past year
…which had an activated brainstem learned faster and responded to the tasks quicker. These rats completed the auditory task within three days while those that did not receive the boost…
In Depth 9 Oct 2024
Promising cure for COPD: Is a breakthrough treatment within reach?
…This makes the drug the first biological treatment for patients with COPD in the U.S. Dupixent is a fully human monoclonal antibody that inhibits the signaling of the IL4 and…
ADVERTISEMENT
News and Trends 14 Sep 2022
Pancreatic cancer study using dual-cell therapy yields positive results
…while also destroying the tumor’s surrounding ‘helper cells’. Traditional chemotherapeutics in this area have only targeted tumor cells and not the surrounding helper cells, and therefore their treatment effect is…
News and Trends 4 Jul 2022
Nanoparticle can kill cancer cells and aid muscle relaxation
…HeLa cells. They looked at the effect of heating through nanoHT, and found that at a temperature increment of about 11.4°C, the heated HeLa cells died after only a few…
News and Trends 1 Feb 2018
3D Printing with Living Cells Could Revolutionize Tissue Engineering
…cells and fluid. Their approach offers a promising alternative to current 3D printing techniques that tend to use heat or UV light, which damage living cells. Tissue engineering has the…
Startup Scout 2 Nov 2022
Breakpoint Therapeutics sabotages DNA repair in cancer cells
The Hamburg-based Evotec spinout Breakpoint Therapeutics is working on cancer treatments that block the ability of tumor cells to repair their own DNA. In the last decade, a new class…
In Depth 26 Sep 2024
The radiopharmaceutical revolution: From diagnosis to treatment, oncology and beyond
…dynamic at the moment. But what can we expect in the years to come? Indeed, Ghoshal thinks it is this blend that makes the field so promising and prone to…
News and Trends 16 Oct 2019
GammaDelta Therapeutics Spins Out Cancer Immunotherapy Biotech
…a limited time, Takeda will also have the option of acquiring Adaptate Biotherapeutics. Gamma delta T-cells are a rare type of immune T-cells. Unlike the T-cells used in most cancer…
News and Trends 4 Jul 2018
Stem Cells Could Help Patients Recover From Heart Attacks
…healthy tissue. Compared to treatments that inject stem cells into heart tissue, Viscofan’s stem cell-collagen approach enhanced the survival of transplanted stem cells and improved the elasticity and blood flow…
Startup Scout 5 Jul 2019
This Biotech Helps the Immune System to Infiltrate and Destroy Tumors
…such as checkpoint inhibitors. Current cancer treatments come in two broad camps: those that kill the tumor cells directly, such as chemotherapy, and those that empower immune cells to attack…
