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US FDA refuses to approve MDMA for PTSD therapy – now what?
Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Aug, 2024
by Alex Muller
Despite showing promise for treating PTSD, MDMA-assisted therapy faces significant regulatory, ethical, and financial hurdles, highlighting challenges in accessibility and widespread adoption.
Individualized cancer therapy demonstrates safety and sustained immune responses
Posted in Medicine on 27th Aug, 2024
by Alex Muller
Researchers have demonstrated that an individualized neoantigen therapy using mRNA-encoded instructions, can safely and effectively stimulate long-lasting immune responses against cancer cells.
Muscular dystrophy-reversing gene therapy: Human trials in 2 years
Posted in Medicine, Science on 23rd Jul, 2024
by Alex Muller
A new gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy shows promise in halting and potentially reversing muscle damage.
AI model finds the cancer clues at lightning speed
Posted in Medicine, Science on 22nd Jul, 2024
by Alex Muller
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have developed an AI model that rapidly and accurately detects cancer by analyzing glycans, significantly accelerating the glycan analysis process and potentially discovering new biomarkers, as detailed in Nature Methods.
Lorlatinib Slows Growth of ALK-Positive Lung Cancers, May Prevent Brain Metastases
Posted in Medicine, Science on 22nd Jul, 2024
by Alex Muller
The global clinical trial CROWN has shown that lorlatinib (Lorbrena) is significantly more effective than crizotinib (Xalkori) as the initial treatment for advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).