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Landmark women’s health study loses funding, a promising antibody-drug conjugate for breast cancer, a schizophrenia drug setback, and more news from this week.
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The team at DropGenie uses digital microfluidics to perform gene editing screens on small numbers of patient cells, accelerating the discovery of new drugs.
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Scientists probed how tick proteins influenced host immunity, paving the way for mRNA vaccines to block Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
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QurAlis researchers have developed QRL-101, a new drug candidate that targets overactive neurons to prevent cell death in ALS.  
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Placental extracellular vesicles from maternal blood plasma identified women who would go on to develop complications later in their pregnancy.

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Cancer Research News

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GlymaxX®-enhanced antibody now commercially available for innovative cancer therapy

ProBioGen announced the commercial launch of Ziihera®, a bispecific antibody for HER2-positive biliary tract cancer developed with its GlymaxX® technology.
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Autophagy and cancer: friends or foes?

Autophagy in cancer is a double-edged sword: It protects cells from malignant transformation, but once tumors form, it helps them thrive.

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Explained: What is mesenchymal stem cell therapy?

Born to differentiate and heal, mesenchymal stem cells carry great potential for treating a wide spectrum of diseases.
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Milestone: The history of bone marrow transplantation

In a journey fraught with heartache and persistence, medical research giants paved the way for successful bone marrow transplantation. 

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