News and Trends 7 Feb 2023 Mnemo Therapeutics and Institut Curie studies lead to cancer-specific targets Mnemo Therapeutics, a French biotechnology company developing immunotherapies, has announced publication of two scientific studies developed at Institut Curie, its closest academic collaborator, in the journal Science Immunology. The publications reveal TE-exon splicing junctions act as a source of novel recurrent, cancer-specific targets and have potential implications for developing more effective and less toxic immunotherapies. […] February 7, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 2 Sep 2022 Cancer drug for children and young people with glioblastoma given to patients in study Clinical-stage bio company, Onxeo, has announced that the first patients have been enrolled and treated in a phase 1b/2 clinical study. The study is to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of AsiDNA2, a DDR inhibitor combined with radiotherapy in children, adolescents or young adults with relapsed high grade glioma (HGG). Onxeo, which focuses on drugs […] September 2, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 20 Jul 2017 SHIVA Trial: France’s Big Shot at Precision Medicine for Cancer SHIVA01 and SHIVA02 are large-scale trials run in France to evaluate the efficacy of precision medicine that have created ripples in the oncology field. Although molecular alterations are shared among different types of cancer, drug development today is still mainly based on tumor localization. The only recent exception is MSD’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) an antibody approved by […] July 20, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Timothé Cynober Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 12 Jul 2017 Genomic Testing in Oncology: From Single Genes to Whole Genomes Personalized medicine would be nothing without genomic testing tools. Here’s an overview of how the field has rapidly evolved in the past years. BRCA (BReast CAncer) is one of the most famous gene variants for breast cancer testing. But aside from being a game-changer from a scientific perspective, it also changed the laws of genomic testing. […] July 12, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Timothé Cynober Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 14 Jun 2017 Results are in for Europe’s First Biobanking Study on HPV Cervical Cancer The RAIDs consortium made its closing event last week. After 4.5 years of studies, it has managed to change our appreciation of HPV cervical cancer towards building intelligent targeted therapy designs. Every year in Europe, 16,000 women die from cervical cancer and another 34,000 are newly diagnosed, which makes it the second most frequent form […] June 14, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Timothé Cynober Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email