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Gene therapy manufacturing scale-up for Duchenne rAAV
NewBiologix and Synastra Biotechnology signed an agreement to develop a stable producer cell line for Synastra’s investigational Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy. NewBiologix will use its...
CAR-T therapy durability concerns tied to gut metabolites
A new in vitro study reported that 1,5-pentanediamine—detectable in blood from patients colonized with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae—can weaken CD19 CAR-T cell function. Researchers...
Cancer imaging AI moves toward bedside risk stratification
Chinese researchers reported a machine-learning decision system to predict distant metastasis in a rare, aggressive primary liver cancer form using retrospective data. Published in Cancer Cell...
Radiomics for glioma progression timing
A new prediction model in high-grade glioma used combined radiomics and pathomics to forecast one-year progression. Published in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, the study targets a...
R&D: machine learning radiomics for lung cancer invasiveness
Radiologists and AI researchers reported a high-resolution CT radiomics model that predicts invasiveness in pure ground-glass lung adenocarcinoma. The work, led by Tianjin Chest Hospital, combines...
Novel vaginal microbiome modeling for BV prediction
Researchers at the University of Lisbon and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya introduced a mathematical “replicator framework” that predicts bacterial vaginosis with 94% accuracy, aligning with...
Antibiotics pipeline: new computational tuberculosis inhibitor targets KasA
Computational chemists reported machine-learning and free-energy-guided design of new tuberculosis KasA inhibitors. The study, published in Molecular ... , describes a fragment-based recombination...
Diabetes tech: real-world CGM linked to hypoglycemia burden and quality of life
A real-world analysis found that severe hypoglycemia and impaired awareness can reduce quality of life in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) users. The report underscores that CGM adoption does...
Manufacturing/biotech operations: stable CAR-T production via microfluidics
A Chinese team reported a microfluidic technique designed to improve CAR-T cell transduction efficiency at low viral doses. Published in the study described here, the method aims to compress the...
Gene therapy manufacturing scale-up
NewBiologix and Synastra Biotechnology announced a collaboration to advance rAAV manufacturing for Synastra’s investigational Duchenne muscular dystrophy program, centered on developing a stable...
Cardiovascular drug risk after Lp(a) trial failure
A Novartis and Ionis pelacarsen setback is reigniting questions about the next steps for lipoprotein(a)–lowering therapies and the broader cardiovascular strategy built around them. The report...
Alzheimer’s blood biomarker limitations
A review challenges the performance of the FDA-cleared Lumipulse G plasma p-tau217/Aβ1−42 ratio for Alzheimer’s diagnosis, arguing the metric shows “flaws” in practice. Researchers Christian...
Oncology immunotherapy in CAR-T: gut metabolite inhibition
Researchers report that 1,5-pentanediamine—found in the blood of patients colonized with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae—can weaken CD19 CAR-T cell activity in vitro. The study,...
Cancer vaccine platform: multivalent mRNA exosome approach
Case Western Reserve University researchers unveiled a mechanistic roadmap for multivalent mRNA–exosome vaccines designed to convert “cold” tumors into “hot” immunologically active lesions. The...
Immuno-oncology target: bispecific TCR-like antibody against PRAME complex
A South Korea–based team engineered a new bispecific TCR-like antibody targeting the PRAME complex, reporting laboratory validation that could expand cancer immunotherapy to patients previously...
Infectious disease diagnostics and sequencing for MDR TB
Whole-genome sequencing identified genetic predictors of rifabutin susceptibility in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, pointing to a potential path toward more precise drug selection. The study,...
Diabetes technology outcomes: real-world CGM quality-of-life impact
A real-world assessment links severe hypoglycemia and impaired awareness to lower quality of life in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) users, reframing how clinicians evaluate CGM benefits...
Digital health: AI in ICU lung ventilation transition using digital twins
Researchers at the University of Warwick, with clinicians from University Hospital North Midlands NHS Trust and Imperial College London, used digital twin technology to evaluate a proposed airway...
Regenerative/antifibrotic RNA therapy in pulmonary hypertension
A study in Science Translational Medicine reports that suppressing microRNA-224 (miR-224) can prevent decline in heart function in mouse models of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Researchers used...
Alexander disease approval
FDA has approved Ionis Pharmaceuticals’ zilganersen (Zanvastro) as the first disease-modifying therapy for ultra-rare Alexander disease. The approval marks a milestone for a rare neuroscience...