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News and Trends 1 Feb 2023

Advancing cancer care with 3D genomics

By Oxford BioDynamics Cancer care is in urgent need of effective tests to determine the best approach for personalized medicine. Practical, new solutions exploiting the power of 3D genomics are emerging. Cancer is a vastly complex, multidimensional disease marked by the uncontrolled proliferation of cells. Many intertwined layers of biological systems give rise to the […]

February 1, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 1 Feb 2023

Cancer Genomics: Technological innovation set to fuel research breakthroughs

By Neil Ward, vice President and general manager, PacBio EMEA We’ve known for a long time that genomic sequencing can strengthen our understanding of cancer’s highly complex and variable pathology. But to date, embedding genomics into cancer research has been challenging because of limitations in sequencing technology. But with recent innovations, this is changing. Genomic […]

February 1, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By External Contributor

In Depth 1 Feb 2023

How can cancer care be improved?

Labiotech recently asked several biotech experts the same question about tackling cancer, for a special newsletter to commemorate World Cancer Day on February 4. The 2023 theme is Close the Care Gap. The question, what are the biggest opportunities to improve cancer care, brought responses from Versameb CEO, Klaas Zuideveld; ImaginAb CEO, Ian Wilson; ISA […]

February 1, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Opinion 1 Feb 2023

Computational chemistry and cancer

by Martin Slater, Cresset Discovery Computational chemistry offers a fast and innovative approach to drug discovery and is especially powerful when used in combination with biological testing to provide a complete and reliable picture of a target system. This is perhaps no better illustrated than in Cresset Discovery’s project with University of South Australia, which […]

February 1, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 31 Jan 2023

The next breakthrough in cancer treatment?

In our body, we have an innate immune system and an immune system that is developed throughout life. Part of the innate immune system consists of so-called NK (natural killer) cells. This is a type of immune cell that specializes in killing cancer cells. These cells may be of great importance for cancer treatment in […]

January 31, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 Jan 2023

Stemline Therapeutics’ breast cancer treatment approved

The Menarini Group, an Italian pharmaceutical and diagnostics company, says that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ORSERDU for the treatment of postmenopausal women or adult men, with ER+, HER2-, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer with disease progression following at least one line of endocrine therapy. Stemline Therapeutics, a wholly-owned subsidiary […]

January 31, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 Jan 2023

Singapore researchers use old drug as new acute leukemia treatment

A team of researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore, has revisited an existing drug to combat a type of blood cancer called T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or T-ALL. The research was led by Takaomi Sanda and Lim Fang Qi. The drug, PIK-75, was initially discovered […]

January 31, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 Jan 2023

Abbisko Therapeutics receives breakthrough therapy designation for CSF-1R inhibitor

Abbisko Therapeutics Co., Ltd. has announced that its CSF-1R inhibitor Pimicotinib has been granted the breakthrough therapy designation from the FDA for the treatment of tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT) patients that are not amenable to surgery. The designation approval is based on results from the phase Ib clinical trial of TGCT cohort for Pimicotinib. […]

January 31, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 31 Jan 2023

BiVictriX announces positive data from leukemia study

BiVictriX Therapeutics plc has announced positive in vivo data from a toxicity evaluation study with BVX001, the company’s lead program, compared to gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO). GO, marketed as Mylotarg, is the only approved antibody drug conjugate (ADC) indicated for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). One of the significant toxicities of GO is the […]

January 31, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 Jan 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 31: Orgenesis, Phacilitate, Terumo, University of Birmingham, VIVEBiotech

Phacilitate’s Advanced Therapies Week took place last week in Miami Beach, Florida. This week, we speak with the organizers, as well as some of the companies in attendance. Our guests are Kim Barnes, EVP, Phacilitate; Kathie Schneider, director and global commercial lead at Terumo; Vered Caplan, CEO, Orgenesis; Ivan Wall, head of the Centre for […]

January 27, 2023

News and Trends 27 Jan 2023

HKUMed uncovers T cell exhaustion factor driving cancer immunotherapy resistance

A research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has identified an unexpected driver of cancer immunotherapy resistance: the harmful effect of chronic Type I Interferon signaling on tumor-killing CD8+ T cells. The findings provided new insights into the development of exhausted CD8+ T cells, which no longer effectively […]

January 27, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 Jan 2023

Onxeo to study prostate cancer drug

French biotech company Onxeo S.A. has given an update on the clinical development program of its first-in-class drug candidate AsiDNA. Onxeo has activated its first U.S. clinical study site, Next Oncology San Antonio. This phase 1b/2 multicenter, basket trial intends to assess the safety and preliminary activity of AsiDNA in combination with olaparib in patients […]

January 27, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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