Mayo Clinic performs world’s first known successful total larynx transplant in a patient with active cancer

John Fryer joins TGen as professor, director of Center for Accelerated Nanotherapeutics

The Translational Genomics Research Institute, part of City of Hope, has announced the appointment of John D. Fryer as a professor in the Division of Bioinnovation and Genome Sciences and director of the newly established Center for Accelerated Nanotherapeutics.

January 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.02

Clinical Roundup

Nivolumab demonstrates superiority over standard of care for head-and-neck cancer in phase III trial

The Groupe d’Oncologie Radiothérapie Tête Et Cou, also known as the Head and Neck Oncology and Radiotherapy Group or GORTEC, announced that the randomized phase III CheckMate -9KW/NIVOPOSTOP GORTEC 2018-01 trial evaluating nivolumab (Opdivo) as a post-operative treatment component for resected patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck with high risk of relapse met its primary endpoint of disease-free survival across all comers.

January 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.02

Clinical Roundup

UTSW scientists link hematopoietic cell transplant deaths to beta-blocker use

Patients can die if they take certain previously prescribed beta-blockers during a hematopoietic cell transplant due to suppressed signals from nerves that promote bone marrow regeneration, according to scientists at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern, published in Cancer Discovery, builds upon previous CRI research by analyzing retrospective patient data to correlate beta-blocker use with significantly worse patient outcomes.

January 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.01

In Brief

Two Neds—Ned David and Ned Sharpless—form Jupiter Bioventures and close $70M in initial financing

Jupiter Bioventures, a biotechnology venture foundry that builds science-driven therapeutics companies, announced the closing of a $70 million initial financing.

November 22, 2024

Vol.50 No.44

In Brief

LSU Health New Orleans receives $3.1M grant to study head-and-neck cancer incidence in people living with HIV

LSU Health New Orleans was awarded a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.

November 15, 2024

Vol.50 No.43

In Brief

Mayo Clinic, IgniteData collaborate to deploy data transfer platform

IgniteData announced a collaboration with Mayo Clinic to deploy its Archer platform across multiple sites in the U.S., aiming to improve the management of clinical trial data by enhancing the transfer of information from Electronic Health Records to Electronic Data Capture systems.

October 25, 2024

Vol.50 No.40

Mayo Clinic performs world’s first known successful total larynx transplant in a patient with active cancer

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