Biotechnology FDA Approves Groundbreaking Gene Therapy for Cancer The treatment will be sold by Novartis for $475,000. by Emily Mullin 2017-08-30T13:54:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Personalized Cancer Vaccines Look Promising in Two New Studies Vaccines tailored to the unique genetic makeup of individuals’ tumors seem to work in a handful of patients. by Emily Mullin 2017-07-05T13:00:00-04:00
Biotechnology Drug Is First to Treat Cancer Based on Genetics, Not Location A change in how cancer is treated means more people will benefit from immunotherapy. by Emily Mullin 2017-05-24T11:08:00-04:00
Biotechnology James Allison Has Unfinished Business with Cancer Why do most patients fail to respond to the newest cures? by Adam Piore 2017-04-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Personalized Cancer Vaccine Prevents Leukemia Relapse in Patients A majority of patients in a small clinical trial have been in remission from a deadly type of cancer for more than four years. by Emily Mullin 2016-12-07T14:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Deaths in CAR-T Trials Haunt Promising New Cancer Treatment Companies are racing to develop a new type of cancer therapy, but scientists are still assessing its safety. by Emily Mullin 2016-12-01T00:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Cows Engineered with Human Genes Could Stop Our Next Disease Outbreak Cattle that can crank out human antibodies are being tested as a first line of defense against infectious diseases. by Emily Mullin 2016-10-04T09:05:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Unexpected Deaths Put Promising Immunotherapy on Hold The FDA told biotech Juno Therapeutics to halt a major cancer trial after three patients died. by Antonio Regalado 2016-07-08T13:10:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Money Behind First CRISPR Test? It’s from Internet Billionaire Sean Parker A next wave of cancer treatments may combine immunotherapy and gene editing. by Antonio Regalado 2016-06-20T17:50:00-04:00
Biotechnology First Human Test of CRISPR Proposed Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania seek approval for gene editing to fight cancer. by Antonio Regalado 2016-06-16T15:55:00-04:00
