New preclinical data for PHST001, an anti-CD24 antibody drug candidate that is designed to block a key macrophage “don’t eat me” signal on cancer cells, were presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer. The meeting is taking place both virtually and at the George R. Brown Convention Center in... […]
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have identified 16 genes that breast cancer cells use to survive in the bloodstream after they’ve escaped the low-oxygen regions of a tumor. Each is a potential therapeutic target to stop cancer recurrence, and one—MUC1—is already in clinical trials. The research was published online Sept. 28 in... […]
Research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai provides new insights into acute myeloid leukemia and its resistance to a common treatment. The study, published Oct. 30 in Nature, was led by Eirini Papapetrou, professor of oncological sciences at Icahn Mount Sinai. Acute myeloid leukemia is a devastating blood cancer that starts in... […]
FDA has approved MI Cancer Seek for use as a companion diagnostic to identify patients with cancer who may benefit from treatment with targeted therapies.
A curious piece of paper hangs in a frame outside the director’s office at University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center on the second floor of the General Hospital.
FDA’s cancer czar Richard Pazdur had a “silver anniversary” at the agency recently. So, he invited some guests—the commissioners he had reported to under the Democratic and Republican administrations.
More than a month has passed since Hurricane Helene took out Baxter North Cove plant, which manufactured 1.5 million IV fluid bags per day, supplying 60% of the intravenous solutions nationwide.
After reading “Breast Cancer Mortality Continues Three-Decade Decline, but Steeper Increases for Women Under 50 & AAPI Women of All Ages,” it is evident that while overall progress is being made in the fight against cancer, concerning disparities remain—particularly within the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities.
UChicago Medicine received a $75 million donation from the AbbVie Foundation, a nonprofit focused on advancing health equity, to help fund the construction of the new cancer care and research pavilion.
The Longevity Consortium received a five-year, $45 million grant to move the consortium’s work to its next stage: integrating results from numerous studies about the factors that contribute to longer and healthier lives.
