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News and Trends 9 May 2023

Recursion boosts drug discovery with Cyclica and Valence acquisitions

Recursion has signed agreements to acquire two companies in the AI-enabled drug discovery space: Cyclica, for $40 million, and Valence, for $47.5 million. Chris Gibson, co-founder and CEO of Salt Lake City headquartered Recursion, said: “Recursion has pioneered the massive, parallel generation of -omics data with machine learning in order to map and navigate biology […]

May 9, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 May 2023

Researchers overcome stem cell delivery issues

A recent study explains how researchers have devised a new method for delivering particles into stem cells, which are difficult to penetrate. The discovery will make it easier to direct and enhance the processes involved in regenerative medicine. Regenerative medicine takes advantage of the fact that our body’s stem cells can change into many other […]

May 9, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 9 May 2023

Can tumor bacteria kill tumors?

Japanese researchers say it may be possible to treat cancer using bacteria that naturally reside within tumors to trigger a powerful anticancer immune response.In recent years, interest in bacterial agents as anticancer therapeutics has grown, due to the ability of some bacteria to selectively grow inside hypoxic tumors, i.e., these cells do not receive rich […]

May 9, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 May 2023

Fabry disease treatment gets EU marketing authorization

Chiesi Global Rare Diseases and Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. have announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorization to PRX-102 (pegunigalsidase alfa) in the European Union (EU) for the treatment of adult patients with Fabry disease. “People living with Fabry disease often perceive their disease as burdensome and still experience unmet medical needs,” said […]

May 9, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 May 2023

How thalassemia gene therapy approval is making a difference

A newly-approved gene therapy is transforming the lives of patients with beta thalassemia – an inherited blood disorder – by helping to stop or significantly reduce their reliance on blood transfusions, says an expert from a leading global health system, Cleveland Clinic, on International Thalassemia Day on May 8. A gene therapy known as betibeglogene […]

May 8, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 May 2023

Promising results from phase 3 prostate cancer study

Astellas Pharma Inc. and Pfizer Inc. have announced trial results from a phase 3 study on prostate cancer. The results showed XTANDI (enzalutamide) plus leuprolide significantly reduced the risk of metastasis or death by 58% versus placebo plus leuprolide, as assessed by the primary endpoint of metastasis-free survival (MFS) in men with non-metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate […]

May 5, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 May 2023

‘Birth of a chromosome’ could boost cancer and infertility research

Most chromosomes have been around for millions of years. However, researchers from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have revealed the dynamics of a new, very young chromosome in fruit flies that is similar to chromosomes that arise in humans and is associated with treatment-resistant cancer and infertility. The researchers say the findings may lead […]

May 5, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 May 2023

Exothera partners with Quantoom and launches DNA business unit

Exothera has partnered with Quantoom Biosciences to gain access to Quantoom’s Nfinity technology, a continuous production platform for RNA. The partnership will enable Exothera to be the first CDMO in the world to offer this off-the-shelf process for the continuous production of RNA as a service. Continuous manufacturing of RNA can provide significant advantages in […]

May 5, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 May 2023

Convergent Therapeutics to use $90M funding to treat cancer with radiopharmaceuticals

Convergent Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of next-generation radiopharmaceuticals for the treatment of cancer, today announced the completion of a $90 million Series A financing. The funding was led by OrbiMed and RA Capital Management with participation from Invus. The financing will support the development of a pipeline of novel […]

May 5, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Fluorescence microcopy image of gamma delta T cells (green) attacking cancer cells (blue). To get tot he cancer cells, the immune cells need to navigate through a dense extracellular matrix that surrounds the tumor tissue (red). Image: Katrin Raute / University of Freiburg

News and Trends 4 May 2023

Osteoporosis drug helps T cells fight aggressive breast cancer

Researchers in Germany have discovered a mechanism by which cancer cells escape the immune system – and how to reverse it. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive and deadly form of breast cancer, with limited treatment options and a high probability of recurrence. Tumor growth and relapse of TNBC are driven by breast […]

May 4, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 May 2023

LIfT BioSciences says data show potent killing of pancreatic cancer tumoroids

LIfT BioSciences has revealed preclinical data demonstrating that its immunomodulatory alpha neutrophil product (IMAN) showed potent killing of pancreatic cancer tumoroids. The tumoroid originated from a patient with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most common type of pancreatic cancer. The patient was unresponsive to conventional chemotherapy treatment with Abraxane (nab-paclitaxel), but initially responded positively to […]

May 4, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 May 2023

World’s first RSV vaccine for older adults gets FDA approval

GSK plc says the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Arexvy (respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, adjuvanted) for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in individuals 60 years of age and older. It is the first RSV vaccine for older adults to be approved anywhere in […]

May 4, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Recursion boosts drug discovery with Cyclica and Valence acquisitions

Researchers overcome stem cell delivery issues

Can tumor bacteria kill tumors?

Fabry disease treatment gets EU marketing authorization

How thalassemia gene therapy approval is making a difference

Promising results from phase 3 prostate cancer study

‘Birth of a chromosome’ could boost cancer and infertility research

Exothera partners with Quantoom and launches DNA business unit

Convergent Therapeutics to use $90M funding to treat cancer with radiopharmaceuticals

Osteoporosis drug helps T cells fight aggressive breast cancer

LIfT BioSciences says data show potent killing of pancreatic cancer tumoroids

World’s first RSV vaccine for older adults gets FDA approval

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