Cancer Research

Allogene Therapeutics Unveils Novel Approach to Generate Engineered AlloCAR T™ Cells to Control Immune Rejection at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer

11/14/2022

Promising Preclinical Data Highlights a Simple One-Step Gene Editing Strategy to Prevent the Rejection of AlloCAR T™ Cells by Host T Cells and NK Cells Cloaking Approach Demonstrates Superiority to B2M Knock Out in a Syngeneic In Vivo Model Proprietary Approach Is One of Several Next Generation Technologies Being Pioneered at Allogene to Control Rejection Excerpt…

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Adicet Bio Reports ASH Abstract Data from Ongoing ADI-001 Phase 1 Trial in Relapsed or Refractory Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL)

11/10/2022

As of the July 15, 2022 ASH abstract data-cut date, ADI-001 demonstrated a 78% overall and complete response rate and sustained durability in patients, including those previously exposed to CAR T therapy 100% ORR and CR rate in four anti-CD19 CAR T relapsed patients ADI-001 continued to demonstrate a favorable safety and tolerability profile Clinical…

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Miraculous breast cancer vaccine passes first human trials that went on for 20 years

11/08/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: A team of researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSM) has been working on a breast cancer vaccine for over the last 20 years. In their recently published study, they finally revealed the results of the phase one human trials of their breast cancer vaccine. A WHO…

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Asher Bio Presents New Data Demonstrating Preclinical Proof-of-Concept for AB359, a Highly Selective CD8-Targeted IL-2 Therapy, for Chronic Hepatitis B (HBV) at AASLD 2022

11/07/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Asher Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Asher Bio), a biotechnology company focused on developing therapies to precisely engage specific immune cells to fight cancer, chronic viral infection and autoimmune disease, today announced new preclinical data demonstrating proof-of-concept for AB359 as a novel immunotherapy approach for chronic HBV. AB359 is…

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Marengo Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Proof-of Concept Data for STAR0602, a First-in-class Selective T cell Activator, at the 34th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium 2022

11/04/2022

Compelling data with STAR0602 demonstrates potent, single agent anti-tumor activity in PD-1 refractory solid tumor models Distinct mechanism of action through expansion of a subset of Vβ T cells with a novel memory phenotype that promotes durable de novo antitumor immune responses STAR0602 slated to initiate Phase 1/2 clinical trial (START-001) in the fourth quarter…

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Flare Therapeutics Presents Comprehensive Real-World Data in Advanced and Metastatic Urothelial Cancer in Support of Therapeutic Targeting of PPARG at 2022 EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium

11/04/2022

Molecular Real-World Data (RWD) from 3,000+ individuals with advanced and metastatic urothelial cancer highlight Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma (PPARG) as a lineage defining transcription factor is foundational to Flare’s precision oncology approach Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Flare Therapeutics, a biotechnology company targeting transcription factors to discover precision medicines for cancer and other…

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MyOme Presents New Data at ASHG 2022 on an Ethnically-Inclusive Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

11/03/2022

Addition of a cross-ancestry polygenic risk score to the standard of care clinical risk predictor tool improved breast cancer risk assessment across multiple ancestries Excerpt from the Press Release: MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — MyOme, a clinical whole genome platform analysis company, today announced new data on its cross-ancestry integrated risk score…

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Omega Therapeutics Announces First Patient Dosed in Landmark MYCHELANGELO™ I Trial of OTX-2002 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Other Solid Tumor Types Associated with the MYC Oncogene

11/02/2022

OTX-2002 is the First-Ever Epigenomic Controller in a New Class of Programmable mRNA Therapeutics to be Administered to Patients Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Omega Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMGA) (“Omega”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the first systematic approach to use mRNA therapeutics as programmable epigenetic medicines, today announced…

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Merus Presents First in Human Data on MCLA-129 at the 34th EORTC/NCI/AACR (ENA) Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics

11/02/2022

– MCLA-129 observed to be well tolerated with a favorable safety profile – Antitumor activity was observed among heavily pretreated patients, across multiple tumor types and dose levels​ – Initial recommended phase 2 dose 1500 mg every two weeks; expansion cohorts enrolling – Investor call to discuss a MCLA-129 program update on October 26 at 13:30…

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Current Data Support Early Detection and Intervention to Reduce Rates of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema

11/01/2022

L-Dex Found to be a Cost Effective, Reproducible, and Practical Method to Monitor Breast Cancer Patients for Early Signs of Lymphedema Excerpt from the Press Release: CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ImpediMed Limited (ASX: IPD) is pleased to announce publication of a systematic literature review showing that early detection and intervention of breast…

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