Drug helps reprogram macrophage immune cells, suppress prostate and bladder tumor growth

October 7, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

A novel therapy that reprograms immune cells to promote antitumor activity helped shrink hard-to-treat prostate and bladder cancers in mice, according to research from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center

Innovative combination therapy shows promise for bladder cancer patients unresponsive to standard treatment

October 7, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

In a groundbreaking advance that could revolutionize bladder cancer treatment, a novel combination of cretostimogene grenadenorepvec and pembrolizumab has shown remarkable efficacy in patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle invasive

New combination treatment brings hope to patients with advanced bladder cancer

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Findings from the international FORT-2 clinical trial showed that a combination treatment including immunotherapy is safe and tolerable in patients with locally advanced or metastatic bladder cancer. The results, which

Planning a drug’s route in the body with synthetic chemistry

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Researchers at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) have developed technology that can alter, within the body, the recognized identity of proteins. The innovation, published in Nature Communications on

Colors of autism spectrum described by researchers

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Children with autism have a wide range of ability to talk with other people, but it has been difficult to group children by their specific skills. Now researchers at the

One small step for babies, one giant leap for humankind

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Even before they stand up, infants have a rough idea of how to walk; they just need some time to lay down the right neural wiring. Understanding how babies take

Zika virus detected in newborn until 2 months after birth

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Physicians at the Santa Casa de Misericordia and researchers from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences at University of São Paulo describe the case of a baby born with Zika infection

Controlling amounts of heparan sulphate, a carbohydrate needed for fetal development

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Heparan sulphate occurs as carbohydrate chains which are very important for human body cells both for normal fetal development and during the course of various diseases. All new molecular knowledge

Preterm birth risk: New method for filtering results from genetic studies

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In a study to be presented Thursday, Jan. 26, in the oral concurrent session at 1:15 p.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, researchers

New cause of brain defects in tuberous sclerosis complex

October 7, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Boston Children’s Hospital researchers have uncovered a new molecular pathway that inhibits the myelination of neurons in the brains of patients with the rare genetic disorder tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC).