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Alector Presents Baseline Characteristics for INVOKE-2 Phase 2 Clinical Trial of AL002 at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® 2024 (AAIC®)

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alector, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALEC), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering immuno-neurology, today announced the presentation of a poster on baseline characteristics for the global INVOKE-2 Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of AL002 in slowing disease progression in individuals with early Alzheimer’s disease […]
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Presage Biosciences Announces First Patient Dosing of Pure Biologics’ ROR1 Targeting Antibody For Treatment of Cancer

SEATTLE, July 25, 2024. Presage Biosciences, a biotechnology company that directly measures activity of oncology drugs within human tumors, announced the Phase 0 dosing of the first cancer patient with Pure Biologics’ PBA-0405, an antibody that targets ROR1. PBA-0405 has been engineered to induce tumor cell killing by cytotoxic immune cells. This exploratory study is […]
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Final Results from a Phase 2 Study of TPN-101 for the Treatment of C9orf72-Related Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and/or Frontotemporal Dementia

SAN DIEGO, July 24, 2024. Transposon Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing a platform of novel, orally administered therapies for the treatment of neurodegenerative and aging-related diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, today announced final results from its Phase 2 study of TPN-101 in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and/or frontotemporal dementia (FTD) related to hexanucleotide repeat […]
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TCBP Announces Dosing of 6th Patient in ACHIEVE Study in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 22, 2024. TC BioPharm (Holdings) PLC (“TC BioPharm” or the “Company”), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing platform allogeneic gamma-delta T cell therapies for cancer and other indications, today announced that on July 16, the sixth patient in ACHIEVE (UK) was treated. This is the first patient treated with a higher dose […]
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Ionis completes enrollment in pivotal trial evaluating zilganersen in people living with Alexander disease

CARLSBAD, Calif., July 18, 2024. Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has completed enrollment in the pivotal trial of zilganersen (ION373), an investigational RNA-targeted medicine in development for the treatment of children and adults with a rare, progressive and ultimately fatal neurological disorder known as Alexander disease (AxD). The primary endpoint is percent change […]
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FDA Clears Investigational New Drug application for muscular dystrophy treatment

MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, Minn., July 17, 2024. Today, Myogenica, a University of Minnesota startup company, announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for an Investigational New Drug (IND) application for MyoPAXon — an induced pluripotent stem cell-derived muscle stem cell product to regenerate skeletal muscle. A pending clinical trial would evaluate the safety, tolerability […]
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Immunotherapy Approach Shows Potential in Some People with Metastatic Solid Tumors

July 11, 2024 — Early findings from a small clinical trial provide evidence that a new cellular immunotherapy approach may be effective in treating metastatic solid tumors. In the trial, researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) genetically engineered normal white blood cells, known as lymphocytes, from each patient to produce receptors that recognize […]
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Niclosamide-based Metabolic Anticancer Drug’s First Clinical Trial Target are Prostate Cancer Patients Resistant to Hormone Therapy

SEOUL, South Korea, July 11, 2024. ADM Korea, a subsidiary of Hyundai Bioscience, announced on the 8th that the first clinical trial target population for its niclosamide-based oral metabolic anticancer drug will be ‘prostate cancer patients resistant to hormone therapy.’ Metabolic anticancer drugs regulate the metabolic pathways of cancer cells to induce their death. The […]
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AskBio receives FDA Fast Track and MHRA Innovation Passport Designations for AB-1005 Investigational GDNF Gene Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

Berlin, Germany, and Research Triangle Park, N.C., USA, July 11, 2024 – Bayer AG and Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio), a gene therapy company wholly owned and independently operated as a subsidiary of Bayer AG, today announced that the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for AB-1005, which is […]
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Approval for the First Dose Cohort in Phase 1a/b Clinical Trial of PMC-309 in Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors

DAEJEON, South Korea, July 8, 2024. PharmAbcine Inc., a clinical-stage biotech company focusing on next-generation antibody therapeutics, announced that PMC-309, VISTA-targeting immuno-oncology program, received safety approval for the first dose cohort (0.2mg/kg) in Phase 1a/b clinical trial for patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors in Australia. The second dose cohort (0.5mg/kg) is currently ongoing. […]
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McGill University researchers, in collaboration with Mexican scientists, have discovered two previously unknown species of crocodiles, one living on the island of Cozumel and the other on the atoll of Banco Chinchorro, both off the Yucatán Peninsula. The findings challenge long-held assumptions about the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and highlight the urgent need for conservation […]
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Rewrite Longitudinal profiling of low-abundance strains in microbiomes with

The ability to detect and quantify microbiota over time from shotgun metagenomic data has a plethora of clinical, basic science and public health applications. Given these applications, and the observation that pathogens and other taxa of interest can reside at low relative abundance, there is a critical need for algorithms that accurately profile low-abundance microbial […]
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McGill University researchers, in collaboration with Mexican scientists, have discovered two previously unknown species of crocodiles, one living on the island of Cozumel and the other on the atoll of Banco Chinchorro, both off the Yucatán Peninsula. The findings challenge long-held assumptions about the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and highlight the urgent need for conservation […]
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