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From The Labs 

CAR NKT cells, a promising step forward in the treatment of solid tumors

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments CAR NK T cells, clinical trial, Immunotherapy, neuroblastoma, Research, solid tumors

An ongoing clinical trial shows that human CAR NKT cells are safe and, in 1 of 3 patients, induced regression of metastatic lesions.

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ON A MATTER OF HEALTH: Clinical trial tests novel treatment strategy for ITP

October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments bleeding, blood clot, clinical trial, eltrombopag, immune thrombocytopenia, ITP

The immune system is meant to protect the body from foreign invaders. A rare condition called immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) occurs when the body’s defense system

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From The Labs 

Orion shines a light in the dark for the blind

July 11, 2019November 22, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments blindness, clinical trial, Orion device, Research, vision

In a dark room inside Baylor College of Medicine, study participants are asked to look at a blacked out computer screen and point to a

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From The Labs 

From the labs to patent; osteoarthritis gene-therapy product is moving toward clinical trials

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments clinical trial, gene therapy, Il-1, Osteoarthritis, patent, Research

More than 30 million people in the United States alone are affected by osteoarthritis (OA), a degenerative joint disease, and that number is expected to

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From The Labs 

A new HER2 mutation leads to a clinical trial and to a promising diagnostic tool for metastatic breast cancer

July 27, 2017 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments circulating tumor DNA, clinical trial, HER2 gene, Metastatic breast cancer, neratinib

There is a group of metastatic breast cancers that has the HER2 gene amplified – the cells have many copies of it – which leads

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Important reminders on Diabetes Alert Day

March 25, 2014October 7, 2016 Momentum 0 Comments clinical trial, Diabetes, Diabetes Alert Day, Dipali Pathak, Dr. Ashok Balasubramanyam, Healthcare, pre-diabetes, Research, type 2 diabetes

Today is Diabetes Alert Day and Dr. Ashok Balasubramanyam, professor of medicine – diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism at Baylor College of Medicine, gives us a

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