The latest episode of the DDW Highlights Podcast is now available to listen to below. DDW’s Bruno Quinney narrates five key stories of the previous week to keep DDW subscribers up-to-date on the latest industry news. Last week, researchers discovered how genetic mutations cause a previously unknown recessive condition. Elsewhere, Eli… Read More
News round-up for 6 – 10 April by Bruno Quinney, Content Team at DDW. This week, researchers have discovered how genetic mutations cause a previously unknown recessive condition. Elsewhere, Lilly has made the headlines for both an approved drug and a drug collaboration. The top stories: … Read More
A first-of-its-kind trial has launched to explore whether personalised CAR T-cell immunotherapy could treat childhood cancers. The clinical trial, taking place in the UK and US, has enrolled a group of 60 children with cancer and offered them access to personalised investigational therapies. Researchers hope these investigational therapies… Read More
Oxford Nanopore Technologies has joined the PROGRESS study to support improved outcomes for childhood leukaemias in Ghana. The consortium so far includes Yemaachi Biotech, Pediatric Oncology Units at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and institutions like Newcastle University,… Read More
DDW's Diana Spencer highlights five key clinical studies taking a new therapeutic approach to childhood cancers. Over 100 subtypes of childhood cancer exist today and it represents the most common cause of disease-related death in children. However, despite the fact that children’s response to adult cancer drugs is often poor,… Read More
CureSearch for Children’s Cancer has awarded a $1.5 million grant to Dr Patrick Grohar of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to develop a new targeted treatment approach for paediatric osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer. The award – the Fight Osteosarcoma Together Super Grant – is a… Read More
CureSearch for Children’s Cancer, a national non-profit working to end childhood cancer by driving targeted and innovative research in an accelerated time frame, will fund a novel project aimed at developing therapies for osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer. Kristen VanHeyst, DO of University Hospitals… Read More
CureSearch for Children’s Cancer, a national non-profit with a mission to end childhood cancer by driving targeted and innovative research in an accelerated time frame, will fund a Phase I clinical trial to bring new therapies to paediatric brain cancer patients, including those with limited or no treatment options. Read More
