Archive for the ‘biotech/medical’ category: Page 2261
Feb 19, 2018
AHA names 2017’s top advances in heart disease and stroke research
Posted by Brady Hartman in category: biotech/medical
The AHA names the top 10 heart disease and stroke research advances of 2017, including new drugs, guidelines, research, and a gene therapy.
Feb 19, 2018
Breakthroughs in Targeted Cancer Therapies to Fight Tumors
Posted by Brady Hartman in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
New targeted cancer therapies have emerged to fight tumors, and scientists have much more in the pipeline.
Summary: New targeted cancer therapies have been highlighted this month as emerging technologies to fight tumors, and scientists have much more in the pipeline. [This article first appeared on LongevityFacts. Author: Brady Hartman. ]
Targeted cancer therapies – the most famous of which are immunotherapies such as CAR T-cell therapy – are the current focus of excitement in cancer treatment. New therapies and developments in the immunotherapy field prompted the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to update their guidance on targeted cancer therapies a little over a week ago. As the NCI says.
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Feb 19, 2018
Breakthrough cancer immunotherapy treatments to be ‘curative’ by 2025 says prominent research head
Posted by Brady Hartman in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Summary: Cancer immunotherapy treatments and other approaches to cure nearly all cancers within 8 years says Dr. Gilliland, a prominent cancer research head. [This article first appeared on LongevityFacts. Author: Brady Hartman. ]
Gary Gilliland, M.D., Ph.D. is the President and Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and in an opinion piece published at the beginning of this month, writes.
“I’ve gone on record to say that by 2025, cancer researchers will have developed curative therapeutic approaches for most if not all cancers.”
Feb 19, 2018
Team paves the way for immunotherapy to treat aggressive colon tumors
Posted by Brady Hartman in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Team paves the way for cancer immunotherapy demonstrating a novel technique that attacked tumors and inhibited cancers from spreading.
Summary: Team paves the way for cancer immunotherapy with a novel technique that attacked tumors and inhibited cancers from spreading. [This article first appeared on LongevityFacts. Author: Brady Hartman. ]
While cancer immunotherapy is a powerful treatment for some types of tumors, up until now, it hasn’t worked well on colon cancer.
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Feb 19, 2018
New blood test predicts autism with 92 percent accuracy
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Scientists have designed a test they believe is the first of its kind. Using blood and urine samples, the test correctly identified autism in children.
Feb 19, 2018
In our eyes, Google’s software sees heart attack risk
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
The new approach could one day allow people to screen themselves for the risks that could lead to heart disease.
Feb 19, 2018
Chinese city touted as model for cutting healthcare costs
Posted by Derick Lee in category: biotech/medical
Sanming, a city of about 2.5m people in eastern China’s Fujian province, has shown one way out of the conundrum — switching from premium drugs made by multinationals to cheaper local generics and cracking down on doctors taking kickbacks from distributors.
Cheaper drugs cut burden on Sanming budget, but locals grumble over quality of care.
Feb 18, 2018
Will 100 be the new 60? Stem cell start-up that raised $250 million could extend lifespan
Posted by Edward Futurem in categories: biotech/medical, finance, life extension, robotics/AI
Longevity become hottest object for investments;
Startup founded 5 moths ago just raised $250 million.
The start-up, which launched in September and is headquartered in Warren, N.J., announced Thursday it has raised $250 million in venture capital from global biopharmaceutical company Celgene, biotechnology company United Therapeutics Corporation, biopharmaceutical company Sorrento Therapeutics, DNA sequencing and machine learning company Human Longevity, Inc.
Feb 18, 2018
Breakthrough as scientists grow sheep embryos containing human cells
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
Advance brings us closer to growing transplant organs inside animals or being able to genetically tailor compatible organs, say researchers.
Nicola Davis in Austin.