Promising New Treatment for Recurrent Pediatric Brain Cancer Two pediatric brain cancers that are challenging to treat if they recur, medulloblastoma and ependymoma, are the target of a clinical trial using a new type of therapy. A multi-institutional, international team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s
A Secret Experiment Revealed: In a Medical First, Doctors Treat Parkinson’s With a Novel Brain Cell Transplant A month before the scheduled surgery, the four researchers were ready to chaperone the brain cells on their 190-mile journey. They never anticipated they were in for “The Amazing Race”-meets-“ER.” Read more...
Study Shows Glaucoma Could Be Successfully Treated with Gene Therapy A new study led by the University of Bristol has shown a common eye condition, glaucoma, could be successfully treated with a single injection using gene therapy, which would improve treatment options, effectiveness and quality of life for many patients.
CRISPR-Based ‘Discovery Engine’ for New Cell Therapies to Advance Cancer Treatments Despite centuries-long efforts to develop cures for cancer, various forms of the disease will kill about 630,000 people in the U.S. in 2020. But hopes are rising for cell therapies – sometimes called “living medicines” – that can boost
FDA Approves Pill for Aggressive Breast Cancer That’s Spread in the Body U.S. regulators on Friday approved a new drug for an aggressive type of breast cancer that’s spread in the body — including into the brain, where it’s especially tough to treat. Read more...
First CRISPR Test for the Coronavirus Approved in the United States The US drug regulator has granted its first emergency-use approval for a new coronavirus test that takes advantage of the gene-editing technology CRISPR. Read more...
A Leading Potential Coronavirus Vaccine Just Started Human Trials in the US A set of promising potential coronavirus vaccines just started trials in healthy volunteers in the US. If one of the injections works, the developers said they aim to make it available this fall. Read more...
Their Three Children have a Fatal Disease, and They Refused to Let the Coronavirus Take Away Their Only Chance at Saving Them Shortly after President Trump announced he was banning travel from much of Europe to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, an employee at the National Institutes of
Will Antibody Tests for the Coronavirus Really Change Everything? British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called them a ‘game changer’. Antibody tests have captured the world’s attention for their potential to help life return to normal by revealing who has been exposed, and might now be immune, to the new coronavirus.
Saint Luke's Cardiologist Leads Trial to See if Diabetes Drug Can Prevent Serious Covid-19 Complications Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and drug company AstraZeneca PLC are conducting a clinical trial to see if a drug now used to treat diabetes could help prevent deadly complications in COVID-19 patients. Read