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… June 25, 2025 - 12 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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…. July 10, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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… March 23, 2023 - 8 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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… September 14, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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… July 4, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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… February 1, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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… November 2, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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… September 26, 2024 - 14 minutesmins - By Jules Adam Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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… October 16, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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… July 4, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alexander Burik Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 24 Sep 2025 Resurrecting the dodo: an ethical dilemma or chance at restoring biodiversity? …keeping the coat a light color but not harming them. Then, the scientists took these engineered cells and placed them in egg cells, which grew into embryos that were then… September 24, 2025 - 10 minutesmins - By Roohi Mariam Peter Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
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… July 5, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email