Cliff Dominy is a medical writer.
Imagine a cancer therapy that bypasses the immune system and strikes tumors with greater precision. The advantages of a blindfolded immune system could mean reduced therapeutic side effects and delivering more of the drug to where it is needed the most. Now imagine that this potentially safer and highly effective therapy was available on demand. Thanks to a new generation of genetically modified biologics, it may be closer than we …
Researchers at Sichuan University in China have developed a laser therapy that selectively kills pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tumors while preserving the surrounding healthy tissue. The technology, built around a 6.1-micron laser, takes advantage of the characteristic collagen fingerprint within PDAC tumors to focus the laser energy where it is needed the most.
The technology has received full approval from the Chinese National Medical Products Administration and will be developed …
In a major advance in medicine, a man with type 1 diabetes is making his own insulin again, this time using genetically engineered donor islet cells. Researchers provided the new cells with an invisibility cloak to allow them to escape immune detection. After three months of follow-up, his body had not only accepted the new tissue but was quietly producing insulin. This single-patient proof-of-concept study gives hope to the millions …
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