therapy

Bone cancer therapy unexpectedly makes tumours less painful

An artist’s impression of nanomedicine in actionALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Cancer that spreads to bones can be deadly, and it…

2 months ago

Breakthrough cancer therapy stops tumor growth without harming healthy cells

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute and Vividion Therapeutics have discovered chemical compounds that can precisely prevent the cancer-driving gene…

5 months ago

New gene-editing therapy shows early success in fighting advanced GI cancers

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have completed a first-in-human clinical trial testing a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technique to help the…

11 months ago

FDA clears IND for clinical trial testing switchable CAR-T therapy in patients with autoimmune diseases, without chemotherapy

Calibr-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines, the drug discovery division of Scripps Research, announced today that the FDA has cleared their…

11 months ago

Mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy improve chronic low back pain

The list of treatments for low back pain is endless, but few offer relief for the one in four Americans…

12 months ago

Immunotherapy may boost KRAS-targeted therapy in pancreatic cancer

Adding immunotherapy to a new type of inhibitor that targets multiple forms of the cancer-causing gene mutation KRAS kept pancreatic…

1 year ago

Targeted alpha therapy: Breakthrough in treating refractory skin cancer

Metastatic melanoma, also known as stage IV melanoma, is a type of skin cancer that spreads to other parts of…

1 year ago

New therapy may effectively control HIV in Uganda

A multi-national, multi-institutional study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators found little natural resistance to a new HIV therapy called…

1 year ago

Gene therapy for rare epilepsy shows promise in mice

Dravet syndrome and other developmental epileptic encephalopathies are rare but devastating conditions that cause a host of symptoms in children,…

1 year ago

Microbial therapy offers new hope for vitiligo patients

A natural compound derived from gut-friendly bacteria significantly slows the progression of vitiligo and may restore pigmentation, reports a new…

1 year ago