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Shixiu Wu, president of the Hangzhou Cancer Hospital, has started treating patients with advanced forms of cancer with modified T-cells. Despite his success, others worry China’s lack of tight research regulations could be putting patients at risk.
Continue reading… “Chinese doctors are using modified T-Cells to treat advanced forms of cancer”
Shaorong Deng gets an experimental treatment for cancer of the esophagus that uses his own immune system cells. They have been genetically modified with the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR.
Continue reading… “Doctors in China lead race to treat cancer by editing genes”
A startup that wants to use stem cells to keep us living longer just raised $250 million
Celularity is a New Jersey-based startup co-founded by X-Prize founder Dr. Peter Diamandis and ex-Celgene executive Dr. Bob Hariri.
Continue reading… “Celularity placental stem cell treatments for cancer, longevity”
Science fiction no more — in an article out today in Nature Biotechnology, scientists were able to show tiny autonomous bots have the potential to function as intelligent delivery vehicles to cure cancer in mice.
Continue reading… “New DNA nanorobots successfully target and kill off cancerous tumors”
Stanford University said the drug combination worked ‘startlingly well’
Some cancers are difficult to beat, even with modern drugs. New research sheds light on how one type of chemotherapy provides a safe haven for tumor cells, boosting cancer recurrence and growth in the long-run.
Continue reading… “Is chemo at the heart of cancer regrowth?”
Iridium—the world’s second densest metal—can kill cancer cells by filling them with a deadly version of oxygen, while leaving healthy tissue unharmed.
Continue reading… “Heavy metal found in meteoroids kills cancer cells”
Which is worse for you: weed or whiskey?
It’s a tough call, but based on the science, there appears to be a clear winner.
Continue reading… “Which is worse for your health, weed or alcohol? Science weighs in”
Scientists are designing materials that are a thousand times smaller than the width of a hair.
Known as nanomaterials or nanoparticles, some could help treat diseases.
Continue reading… “How diseases can be targeted using nanotechnology – and why it’s difficult”
Scientists have built flexible batteries for use in wearable electronics and medical implants that can operate from inside your body, powered by liquids like saline solution and cell-culture. Both the efficiency and the output of the batteries out-performed lithium-ion.
Continue reading… “Scientists just made implantable batteries powered by body fluids”
Finger pricks, blood draws, and urine testing are miserable for just about everyone. But now researchers are working on a new concept to make testing for disease much easier. The project? A contact lens that would use the condition of the eyes to help spot illness.
Continue reading… “Bio-sensing contacts can monitor for signs of disease”
There’s a revolution happening in biology, and its name is CRISPR.
CRISPR (pronounced “crisper”) is a powerful technique for editing DNA. It has received an enormous amount of attention in the scientific and popular press, largely based on the promise of what this powerful gene editing technology will someday do.
Continue reading… “We’re beginning to see the medical revolution CRISPR had promised”
