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Count Me In launches new patient-partnered research project for translocation renal cell carcinoma

Broad Institute

"Translocation renal cell carcinoma (tRCC) is a rare and aggressive form of kidney cancer that poses significant treatment challenges, said Srinivas Viswanathan, a physician at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

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Macrophage cell therapy: a new hope for chronic liver disease patients

Drug Target Review

Once a patient develops advanced cirrhosis/end-stage liver disease there are no specific therapies to significantly avoid major decompensations and death in the next few years. Could you describe the platform of macrophage biology and cell engineering used by Resolution Therapeutics in developing their cell therapies?

Therapies 116
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Navigating the challenges of cell therapies

Drug Target Review

Problem w/ CTs and foundational understanding of Vittoria: can you explore the current limitations of cell therapies and the challenges faced by patients and providers? Currently, only a small percentage of cancers can be effectively treated with cell therapies, and there is little diversity in the currently approved products.

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Six scientists named as new core institute members at Broad

Broad Institute

At the Broad, he directs the Cancer Genome Computational Analysis Group , and he is a professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School and director of bioinformatics at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also an associate professor of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

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Oncology advances through the lens of women in STEM

Drug Target Review

Getting into medical school was very competitive with thousands of candidates vying for a handful of positions, but I was fortunate enough to succeed. My inclination toward biological sciences led me to medical school to pursue a future in STEM. I opted for medicine due to my love for biological sciences.

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Drug Target Review – Issue 3 2023

Drug Target Review

Dr Cristina Ureche from Hannover Medical School (MHH) guides us through the aseptic process of viral vector-based vaccines, and Dr Mark J. Dr Brian Kaspar of Insmed Incorporated guides us from bench to bedside, addressing key challenges in gene therapy. Newman of GeoVax, Inc.,

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Advancing CAR-T therapy: how CD5 modulation is shaping cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

What potential advantages does the CD5 modulation strategy offer over traditional CAR-T therapies? MR : Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy is very effective in treating patients with B-cell lymphoma, leukemia, and multiple myeloma, where we have six FDA-approved drugs.