FDA crackdown on unproven stem cell therapies
The US Food and Drug Administration intends to investigate the use of unproven stem cell therapies being offered in the country's clinics...
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Stem cells restore neurons in monkey model of Parkinson's disease
Neurons derived from human stem cells have successfully been used to treat and relieve symptoms of Parkinson's disease in a primate animal model...
Liquid DNA biopsies could be used for cancer screening
US researchers have developed a new blood test to detect cancer-related DNA alterations before patients experience symptoms...
Cancer atlas leads way to personalised treatment
Genes linked to 17 types of cancer have been mapped in a new Pathology Atlas by Swedish researchers...
Sperm from stem cells could help some types of male infertility
Cells from genetically infertile male mice have been turned into sperm, and used to produce healthy pups...
Dozens of new gene targets for cancer immunotherapy found
Over a 100 new genes that may be essential for cancer immunotherapy to work have been identified using a new CRISPR-based screen...
Scientists use RNAi to create gene map of 'cancer dependencies'
A comprehensive map of genes crucial to tumour cell survival has been created by researchers...
Supercomputer overcomes key cancer genomics bottleneck
The IBM Watson supercomputer can analyse 160 hours' worth of genomic data in just ten minutes...
Gene therapy for leukaemia set for FDA go-ahead
A drug for leukaemia that genetically alters patients' own cells to fight cancer, has cleared a critical hurdle in gaining commercial approval...
First personalised vaccines shows promise for skin cancer
A revolutionary vaccine uses the patient’s own immune response to target tumour cells and could be the first step in bespoke, precision medicine.