Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that normal immune cells called macrophages, which reside in healthy breast tissue surrounding milk ducts, play a major role in helping early breast cancer cells leave the breast for other parts of the body, potentially creating metastasis before a tumor has even developed, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (GBT) (GBT) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) to voxelotor (previously called GBT440) for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD). Voxelotor is being developed as a disease-modifying therapy for SCD and previously received European Medicines Agency (EMA) Priority Medicines (PRIME) designation for the treatment of SCD.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of TRISENOX® (arsenic trioxide) injection in combination with tretinoin for the treatment of adults with newly-diagnosed low-risk acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) whose APL is characterized by the presence of the t(15;17) translocation or PML/RAR-alpha gene expression. The approval was based on a Priority Review by the FDA on data from published scientific literature and a review of Teva’s global safety database for arsenic trioxide
Women attempting pregnancy may experience difficulty or delays in conceiving when they have moderate or severe iodine deficiency, according to findings published in Human Reproduction.
According to the Frost & Sullivan study, the total revenue of the global cloud-based medical imaging informatics market is expected to remain on a very strong growth trajectory over the next few years, growing from $285.4 million in 2016 to $830.5 million in 2021. That's a significant compound annual growth rate of 23.8 percent.
After expanding its partnership with Syndax $SNDX earlier this week on their lead drug, Genentech has beefed up their pipeline of PD-L1 combos with a fresh pact with Stanford spinout Forty Seven.
Alveo Technologies, Inc., ("Alveo" or "the Company") whose mission it is to create affordable and accessible infectious disease diagnostic devices, announced the closing of a $38 million Series A financing raised by Maxim Merchant Capital, a division of Maxim Group LLC. The round was oversubscribed and included existing and new investors. The offering proceeds will be used to advance the optimization and commercialization of Alveo's rapid diagnostic platform for infectious diseases.
The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is set to support 138 entrepreneurs among its staff, through its clinical entrepreneurs’ programme, in the design and development of new healthcare technologies and innovations.
A new IVF method that takes thousands of pictures of embryos to select the best eggs has increased the likelihood of a baby being born by 25 percent.
Artificial intelligence is gradually being adopted by health services to assist medics with the diagnosis of serious diseases. In one new development, scientists in Oxford, U.K. have launched an AI system for heart disease.
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