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Four NCI Cancer Centers Announce Landmark Research Consortium and Collaborations with Celgene Pioneering Public-Private Cancer Initiative with Unified Leadership Committed to Changing the Course of Cancer Care NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, The Abramson Cancer Center at t

CRISPR, the genome-editing technology that has taken biomedical science by storm, is finally nearing human trials. On June 21, an advisory committee at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) approved a proposal to use CRISPR–Cas9 to help augment cancer therapies that rely on enlis

PCT has expanded its relationship with Kiadis Pharma (Euronext Amsterdam and Brussels: KDS) (“Kiadis”), by entering into an agreement for the manufacturing of cell therapy product for United States and Canada clinical trial sites for a Phase 3 trial of Kiadis’ lead product, ATIR101™,

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first clinical trial of a Zika vaccine involving humans. Inovio Pharmaceuticals of Pennsylvania and GeneOne Life Science of South Korea joined forces to develop the drug named GLS-5700 and researchers will be able to announc

French scientists have carried out the first human trial of an ultrasound device that pushes drugs through the “blood-brain barrier”, potentially clearing a big obstacle to using chemotherapy on brain tumours. The barrier, a protective layer of cells around cerebral blood vessels that

AABB, America’s Blood Centers and the American Red Cross issued the following joint statement regarding the outpouring of support following the tragic shooting in Orlando, Florida: “As we celebrate World Blood Donor Day on June 14, AABB, America’s Blood Centers and the American Red Cr

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens has officially severed ties with Theranos and plans to close all 40 Theranos Wellness Centers at its stores in Arizona. Walgreens’ Sunday announcement was a critical blow to the beleaguered blood-testing company that has been plagued with problems sin

New York, June 13: In the aftermath of the harrowing shooting that claimed 50 lives at Orlando’s Pulse, an LGBT nightclub, dozens of injured victims were in dire need for blood. Hoards of people lined up to donate. The subsequent calls from blood donors turned the focus to a brutal ir

MOBILE, AL (WALA) – LifeSouth Community Blood Centers are currently collecting blood donations at four locations in Mobile specifically for the victims of the mass shooting held at an Orlando nightclub. Locations are: the LifeSouth Community Blood Center located on Hillcrest Roa

LEXINGTON, KY – (WKYT) The Kentucky Blood Center released a statement offering condolences and assistance to the victim’s of the shooting in Orlando Sunday that took the lives of at least 50 people, and injuring 53. “We understand the Association of American Blood Banks Task For