Alpha thalassemia was once a fatal diagnosis. Now, a clinical trial tests if administering a mother’s stem cells in utero … More
Category: Drug Discovery News
Arming bacteria with diarrhea-fighting nanobodies
By engineering a probiotic with tiny antibodies from alpacas, scientists created a potential new oral tool to treat deadly diarrheal … More
Sniffing out cancer with animal noses
Switching on safer CAR T cell therapy
By activating CAR T cells only in the presence of an antibody switch, Travis Young and his team hope to … More
Treating cancer with a dose of the pox
The live virus in the smallpox vaccine boosts the activity of cancer-killing immune cells for hard-to-treat tumors. Drug Discovery News
No need for a cold chain with these thin films
Most vaccines and biologics must stay cold until ready for use, but new thin film technology stabilizes these therapeutics for … More
The path to treating Parkinson’s disease begins in the gut
New research is unraveling the connection between the gut microbiome and Parkinson’s disease, revealing potential gut-targeted therapeutic strategies. Drug Discovery … More
Better rabies treatments bite back
Symptomatic rabies has no cure, but recent advances in rabies structural biology and antibody cocktails point to better treatments on … More
Origami vaccines fold up to fight cancer
As self-assembling structures, DNA and RNA origami vaccines hold vaccine components in precise numbers and arrangements to help the immune … More
Drops and drugs for diabetic vison loss
Eye injections are the only way to treat diabetic retinopathy, but many refuse to get them. Now, eye drops and … More
Stephanie DeMarco -- Science Writer 