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Nurturing Early Language Skills Prevents the Behavioral Expression of a Genetic Trait

Iris Kulbatski, PhD | Jul 11, 2022 | 4 min read

A new precision medicine approach is making life sweeter for infants unable to metabolize milk sugar.

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New Patient Tumor Cell Models Rapidly Predict Cancer Therapy Outcomes

Jennifer Zieba, PhD | Jul 11, 2022 | 4 min read

A new benchtop microfluidic device generates patient-derived tumor micro-organospheres that allow for real-time cancer therapy decisions.

Precision Medicine: A New Era in Cancer Therapy

Rebecca Roberts, PhD | 6 min read

Precision medicine helps clinicians tailor individual treatments, addressing genetic mutations, tumor microenvironment variations, and therapeutic resistance.

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Study Nearly Doubles Known Cancer-Linked Mutational Signatures

Jef Akst | Apr 22, 2022 | 2 min read

Analyzing the whole genome sequences of more than 18,000 tumors, researchers catalog nearly 60 new patterns of mutations that could inform cancer treatment.

Can mRNA Vaccine Momentum Propel Tumor Immunotherapies?

Aparna Nathan, PhD | Nov 12, 2021 | 4 min read

A guide to mRNA-based cancer vaccines and where they’re headed next

Introducing GMP-Grade Recombinant Cytokines for Stem Cell Research

The Scientist and Sino Biological | 3 min read

Cutting edge technology delivers cytokines with high purity, high bioactivity, high batch-to-batch consistency, and high stability.

Precision Medicine Turns to Proteins for Lung Cancer Targets

Roni Dengler, PhD | Nov 9, 2021 | 2 min read

Probing the protein landscape in lung cancers reveals new therapeutic insights.

A New Model with Fully Functioning Blood Vessels Mimics Brain Cancer

Roni Dengler, PhD | Sep 10, 2021 | 2 min read

A newly developed platform may one day replace cell culture and animal models to personalize cancer treatment.

Precision Medicine-Based Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury

The Scientist | 1 min read

In this webinar, Dr. Kevin Wang will discuss a precision medicine approach for treating traumatic brain injury which uses phenotype biomarkers to monitor disease course and develop novel therapies.

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New Evidence Shows COVID-19 Was in US Weeks Before Thought

Abby Olena, PhD | Jun 17, 2021 | 4 min read

Some of the blood specimens collected in the United States for the NIH’s All of Us research program starting on January 2, 2020, have antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.

CAR T Cells Derived from Stem Cells Target HIV Tissue Reservoirs in Monkeys

Berly McCoy, PhD | May 25, 2021 | 3 min read

Transplanted CAR stem cells persisted long term and showed multilineage engraftment in tissues that harbor HIV.

Transforming Molecular Tools into Precision Oncology

The Scientist | 1 min read

Learn how researchers establish new technologies such as liquid biopsies and targeted biomarker detection to further enhance precision oncology.

Engineered Immune Cells Eliminate Brain Cancer in Mice

Brooke Dulka, PhD | May 25, 2021 | 2 min read

Researchers developed a new CAR T-cell therapy that targets specific growth factor receptors in glioblastoma to eliminate brain tumors.

Environmental Cues Keep CAR T Cells on Track

Aparna Nathan, PhD | May 25, 2021 | 4 min read

Pairing CARs with a synthetic receptor makes T cells more lethal tumor killers.

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The Scientist’s Journal Club: Cancer

The Scientist | 1 min read

Scientists present the latest research on immune cell responses to cancer, the role of epigenetics in cancer, and molecular imaging of the tumor microenvironment.