Aging Free - Longevity and Cryonics

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Personalized cell therapy combination achieves complete remission in CLL patients

posted on 6/9/2017 1:27:00 PM

Combining the kinase inhibitor ibrutinib with an investigational personalized cellular therapy known as CTL119 can lead to complete remission in patients with high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to new research.

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New therapy offers hope against incurable form of breast cancer

posted on 6/7/2017 6:44:00 PM

Though research is ‘in its infancy’, drug olaparib could slow cancer growth for with inherited BRCA-related breast cancer, which tends to affect younger women

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Gene therapy could 'turn off' severe allergies

posted on 6/4/2017 12:25:00 PM

A single treatment giving life-long protection from severe allergies such as asthma could be made possible by recent immunology research.

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Texas May Be First To Allow Stem Cell Therapies For Desperate Patients

posted on 5/31/2017 7:40:00 PM

A bill may soon grant Texans greater access to unapproved but promising stem cell therapies, Stat News reports. Its passage would make Texas the first state to back the technology, which has not been approved by federal regulators and many experts consider risky.

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Could we prevent CANCER altogether?

posted on 5/21/2017 5:08:00 PM

The men and women who are trying to bring down cancer are starting to join forces rather than work alone. Together, they are winning a few of the battles against the world’s fiercest disease. For this unprecedented special report, we visited elite cancer research centers around the country to find out where we are in the war.

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Softening tumours before chemo improves pancreatic cancer survival

posted on 4/7/2017 1:32:00 PM

Australian cancer researchers have uncovered a promising new approach to treating pancreatic cancer by targeting the tissue around the tumour to make it ‘softer’ and more responsive to chemotherapy.

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3 Exciting Biotech Trends to Watch Closely in 2017

posted on 3/9/2017 2:17:00 PM

As I start to look at the emerging trends of 2017 from the vantage of IndieBio, where we see hundreds of biotech startup applications and technologies per year, a few key themes are already emerging. Even as political landscapes change, science and technology continue to push forward.

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Gene therapy breakthrough

posted on 3/6/2017 7:04:00 PM

For the first time, gene therapy has treated a common genetic disorder

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Scientists Reverse Sickle Cell Disease for the First Time Using Gene Therapy

posted on 3/5/2017 11:16:00 AM

A new gene therapy technique has been used to successfully reverse sickle cell disease for the first time, scientists report.

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Smart nanocrystals could help deliver chemotherapy drugs more efficiently

posted on 2/26/2016 2:10:00 PM

Smart nanocrystals could help deliver chemotherapy drugs more efficiently and might be able to pass through the blood-brain barrier.

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