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Cartilage Regenerating therapy, Invossa, pulled from market despite lack of evidence of harm
The health authorities canceled the license for Kolon Life Sciences' osteoarthritis gene therapy drug Invossa, Tuesday, over the mislabeling of a key ingredient. In addition, they have decided to pursue criminal charges against the pharmaceutical firm.Invossa was the first regenerative gene therapy drug for patients with the degenerative joint disease. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved it use in Korea...
Researchers discover placental stem cells that can regenerate heart after heart attack
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine
at Mount Sinai have demonstrated that stem cells derived from the
placenta known as Cdx2 cells can regenerate healthy heart cells after
heart attacks in animal models. The findings, published in the May 20
issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), may represent a novel treatment for regenerating the heart and other organs.
Inhibiting Macrophage Death May Offer New Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis
A collaborative study by research groups from the University of Cologne, VIB, Ghent University, the Βiomedical Sciences Research Center ‘Alexander Fleming’ in Athens and the University of Tokyo identified a new molecular mechanism causing rheumatoid arthritis. The researchers found that death of macrophages, an immune cell type, can trigger the disease. Moreover, they discovered how the protein A20...
Brain Cancer Halted in Mice Using Antihistamine Drug
Glioblastoma is the most prevalent and also
the most lethal type of brain tumour in adults, with no curative
treatment currently available. Glioblastomas cannot be surgically
completely excised, as the tumour cells are adept at invading tissues
and spreading around the brain. In addition, glioblastoma cells are
extremely resistant to existing drug therapies.
For a long time, researchers have been...
Dicerna Announces Dosing of First Patient in Phase 1 Clinical Trial of DCR-HBVS for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals announced the dosing of the first patient in its Phase 1 clinical trial of DCR-HBVS, the Company’s investigational GalXCTM-based therapy for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in adults. The Company anticipates human proof-of-concept data from the Phase 1 trial, which is known as DCR-HBVS-101, in the fourth quarter of 2019. In January...
Gene repair improves memory and seizures in adult autism model
A new study challenges the presumption that people born with
developmental brain disorders such as severe autism will benefit from
medical interventions only if treated during a narrow window in infancy
or early childhood.
Writing in the journal eLife,
an open-access scientific journal, the Rumbaugh lab at Scripps Research
in Florida reports improvement in measures of seizure and memory in...
Common food additive, Titanium Dioxide, found to affect gut microbiota, per University of Sydney research
University of Sydney research provides new evidence that nanoparticles, which are present in many food items, may have a substantial and harmful influence on human health.
The study investigated the health impacts of food additive E171 (titanium dioxide nanoparticles) which is commonly used in high quantities in foods and some medicines as a whitening agent. Found in...
Study of Two Tribes Sheds Light on Role of Western Diet Influence’s role in Gradual Blood Pressure Rise
A South American tribe living in near-total isolation with no Western
dietary influences showed no increase in average blood pressure from
age one to age 60, according to a study led by researchers at Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In comparison, a nearby tribe
whose diet includes some processed foods and salt did show higher blood
pressure into late middle age.