Stanford University finds that mast cells are crucial to causing osteoarthritis
Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have definitively
linked mast cells, a class of cells belonging to the immune system, to
the development of osteoarthritis, one of the world's most common causes
of pain and immobility.
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Semma Therapeutics Announces Publication Demonstrating Advancements in Regenerative Cell Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes
Semma Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company pioneering the
curative use of stem cells in regenerative medicine, today announced the
journal Nature published data demonstrating improvements in the
production of beta cells (cells that produce insulin) from stem cells.
Led by Harvard University researchers in collaboration with scientists
from Semma, the study characterized the types of cells produced by the
applicable cell differentiation methods,...
Nabriva Therapeutics Submits Marketing Authorization App for Lefamulin to Treat Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Nabriva Therapeutics plc
(NASDAQ: NBRV), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development
of innovative anti-infective agents to treat serious infections,
announced that the Company’s marketing authorization application (MAA)
for both the intravenous (IV) and oral formulations of lefamulin, a
potentially first-in-class, semi-synthetic pleuromutilin antibiotic, for
the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adults 18 years
of age and older, has been submitted to...
Triclosan, a Common Antimicrobial Ingredient in Toothpaste, Soaps, Linked to Colonic Inflammation, Altered Gut Microbiota
A large research team led by senior author Guodong Zhang at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reports that the antimicrobial ingredient triclosan, found in hand soaps and toothpastes among other products, could have adverse effects on colonic inflammation and colon cancer by altering gut microbiota, the microbes found in our intestines.
The study reported in Science...
MeiraGTx Announces Positive 6-Month Data from Phase 1/2 Trial of Investigational Gene Therapy AAV-RPE65 for RPE65-Deficiency
AAV-RPE65 met the primary endpoint of safety and tolerabilityStatistically significant improvement demonstrated in
vision-guided mobility and visual function in treated eyes compared to
untreated eyesDose selected for pivotal study; Company expects to meet with global regulatory authorities in the second half of 2019
MeiraGTx Holdings plc announced positive data from a Phase 1/2 dose escalation trial of AAV-RPE65, the...
Promethera Biosciences Announces First-Dosing in Phase 2a Clinical Study Evaluating World’s First Liver Stem Cell Therapy in Late-Stage NASH Patients
PANASH Trial will Evaluate Safety and Early Signs of Efficacy of HepaStem® in F3- F4-grade NASH Patients
Promethera Biosciences SA, a global innovator in cell-based medicines and liver diseases, announced the dosing of a first patient in a Phase 2a clinical study for the company’s HepaStem development program in patients with late stage non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The multicenter,...
Celgene Corporation Announces POMALYST® Granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation from FDA for HIV-Positive and Negative Kaposi Sarcoma
Celgene plans to submit sNDA by end of 2019
Celgene plans additional studies with the AIDS Malignancy Consortium in U.S. and sub-Saharan Africa
Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) today announced that the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy
designation to POMALYST® (pomalidomide) for the treatment of patients
with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive Kaposi...
TPX-100 Delays Pathological Changes of Bone in Osteoarthritis of the Knee in phase 2 trial
OrthoTrophix, Inc. announced new analyses from a Phase 2 study of TPX-100, the company’s osteoarthritis (OA) drug candidate. The new results indicate slowing or halting of pathological bone shape changes, findings that support structural disease modification by TPX-100 treatment. Previous analysis demonstrated robust and statistically significant clinical benefits of the drug in moderate to severe knee OA.