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Japan's Daiichi Sankyo Gets US FDA Nod For Blood Cancer Treatment

AML is one of the most common types of blood cancer in adults. Mutations in the FLT3 gene, which plays a role in helping white blood cells grow, can cause excess growth of these cells and lead to an aggressive form of leukemia.

FDA Grants Fast Track Designation To Myelofibrosis, Nasopharyngeal Cancer Therapies

The FDA granted fast track designation to two oncology therapies.

Could CRISPR Gene Therapy Help Treat Alzheimer's Disease?

Once the DNA is cut, scientists can replace faulty genes with a healthy one, remove problematic genes or even introduce new genes altogether.

Liquid Biopsy May Aid In Diagnosis, Surveillance Of HPV-associated Oropharyngeal Cancer

Tumor tissue-modified viral-HPV DNA demonstrated 91.5% sensitivity among patients in the diagnostic cohort and 88.4% in the surveillance cohort.

Tislelizumab Plus Bevacizumab/Chemo Demonstrates Early Efficacy In Cervical Cancer

The addition of the PD-L1 inhibitor tislelizumab to standard bevacizumab and platinum-doublet chemotherapy in the first-line setting prolonged progression-free survival, produced encouraging responses, and was well tolerated in patients with cervical cancer.

Women Treated For Breast Cancer May Age Faster Than Cancer-free Women

NIH study finds radiation shows strongest association, less for surgery and endocrine treatments.

Predicting Bone Metastases Type In Prostate Cancer Using MRI

The findings suggest that MRI-based nT2SI measurement may be a valuable tool in predicting the type of BMs in prostate cancer, specifically distinguishing between osteoblastic and non-osteoblastic metastases.

New Alzheimer's Drugs Offer Hope For Bleak Diagnosis But Remain Out Of Reach In UK

Estimates by Alzheimer's Research UK and Alzheimer's Society suggest 720,000 people in the UK would meet the treatment criteria used in the clinical trials of lecanemab and donanemab. But they need a diagnosis the NHS just can't deliver.

Lung Cancer Diagnoses Of UK Women To Outnumber Men’s For First Time

Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in the UK, accounting for one in five of the total. It has one of the worst cancer survival rates, which is largely attributed to diagnoses at a late stage, when treatment is less likely to be effective.

A New Target To Slow Down Ageing And Reduce Blood Cancer Risk

It seemed to confirm a long-held theory that DNA damage is a key driver of ageing. 

Peppercorn AI Interview – Guiding Customers Through The Purchase Process 

Lombard founded Peppercorn in 2020 and it has gone on to secure £1.8m in seed funding. He previously founded two other insurtech companies: Hedgehog and Drivology.

MicroVita Interveiew - Drug Development Based On Live Tissue Cultures

The start-up participated in the Future Worlds accelerator and is currently looking for a commercial partner.