Tag: potential
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Synthetic stem cells to regenerate heart tissue
American and Chinese researchers have developed synthetic cardiac stem cells that could have the same therapeutic impact as human stem cells, with the added benefit of reducing the risk of graft rejection in cellular therapy. Cellular therapy consists of the injection of stem cells to restore damaged tissue and organs. Scientists today can extract stem…
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New data on risk vs benefit for potent CAR-T cancer drugs
A promising but risky new group of customized cancer drugs will be in focus this weekend at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), where clinical trial results will help clarify their potential for doctors and investors. Experimental chimeric antigen receptor T-cells, or CAR-Ts, are made by genetically altering a patients’ own…
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FDA panel recommends dropping serious warning on Pfizer’s Chantix
Pfizer's Chantix was approved about a decade ago, but thousands of reports of mental health problems in users led to the FDA imposing the “black box” warning – the most severe available – in 2009. On Wednesday, four of the 19 panelists voted to update the language in the box warning – of neuropsychiatric risks…
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AstraZeneca taps gene pioneer Venter for huge drug-hunting sweep
By Ben Hirschler CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters) – AstraZeneca, working with genome pioneer Craig Venter, is launching a massive gene hunt in the most comprehensive bet yet by a pharmaceutical firm on the potential of genetic variations to unlock routes to new medicines. The initiative, announced on Friday, involves sequencing up to 2 million human genomes…
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AstraZeneca taps gene pioneer Venter for huge drug-hunting sweep
By Ben Hirschler CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters) – AstraZeneca, working with genome pioneer Craig Venter, is launching a massive gene hunt in the most comprehensive bet yet by a pharmaceutical firm on the potential of genetic variations to unlock routes to new medicines. The initiative, announced on Friday, involves sequencing up to 2 million human genomes…
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Brazil’s confirmed, suspected microcephaly cases fall to 4,949
The number of confirmed and suspected cases of microcephaly in Brazil associated with the Zika virus declined for the second week to 4,949 in the week through April 9, from 5,092 the week earlier, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Of these, the number of confirmed cases climbed to 1,113 from 1,046 a week earlier,…
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WHO advises against blood donations from people returning from Zika areas
The World Health Organization on Thursday advised countries against accepting blood donations from people who had travelled to regions affected by the Zika virus. “With the risk of incidence of new infections of Zika virus in many countries, and the potential linkage of the Zika virus infection with microcephaly and other clinical consequence, it is…