Cancer research

Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma (PTCL) is a diverse disorder category that accounts for 10% to 15% of non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Most PTCL subtypes, including PTCL-NOS, AITL, ALCL, enteropathy-type T-cell lymphoma, and extranodal natural killer (NK) cell/T-cell lymphoma, are aggressive (fast-growing) lymphomas. PTCLs are...

Byondis Files its HER2-Targeting Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) Trastuzumab Duocarmazine in the US and Europe Byondis has filed for clearance of its HER2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) trastuzumab duocarmazine in the United States and Europe, setting up a battle with heavyweight competitors Roche and Ast...

Noxxon continues enrolment in a glioblastoma therapy trial Noxxon Pharma continues subject enrolment in the GLORIA clinical trial of NOX-A12 in brain cancer (glioblastoma) patients. The move comes after the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) evaluated safety results from the preliminary four-week treatment with...

Gilead jumps into a competitive Protein degradation field, signs a USD 45 M Nurix deal Gilead Sciences is turning to Nurix Therapeutics for enhancing cancer pipeline. Gilead is ready to pay USD 45 million upfront, and if all the targets are achieved the deal could reach up to USD 2.3 billion. Nurix is a drug de...

Osteoporosis is a bone disease that makes bones weak and brittle. Osteoporosis, as the word says itself “porous bones”. As we age, bone density decreases and even mild stress or a light fall can cause severe damage. If this happens excessively, the result is Osteoporosis. The older bones keep on degrading, and new ...

Gene Therapy is a way to introduce a normal working gene in the place of a mutated one which might result in some kinds of abnormalities. Gene Therapy is a novel way to express novel proteins, and re-design the genome to prevent any disease. The concept here is some disorders are caused due to their defect in a sin...

The Chinese government is going on the offensive against scientists who dupe journals by creating fraudulent reviews of submitted papers. A coalition of agencies led by the science ministry announced on 14 June that the government would suspend the grants of researchers involved in such fraud, which surfaced earlier...

Non-melanoma skin cancer is a group of cancers of the skin and is broadly classified into Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) and Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC). It has the greatest prevalence in the United States, which can be seen through statistics which show that basal cell carcinoma accounts for 80% while Squamous cell c...

Jason Sheltzer, a cancer biologist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York, was on the hunt for genes involved in tumour growth. He and his colleagues planned to disable the MELK gene using the popular gene-editing tool CRISPR–Cas9, then look for changes that reduced the rate at which cancer cells multiply. The...

There might be many treatment options for a cancer patients, but each one has its limitations. Also, a physician has a challenge in determining the best treatment method for an individual. However, a research team from Berkeley Lab has devised a system by which these decision are easier to make based in the genetic ...