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Neuro-Innovators is testing whether a combination of existing medicines can promote neuroplasticity and improve outcomes for people living with chronic stroke disability.
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Another FDA-approved blood test for Alzheimer’s disease, a large investment in an epilepsy drug, a win for a monoclonal antibody drug, and more led the news this week.
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Bacteria have been linked to cancer treatment for more than a century. Now researchers are trying to turn them into actual therapies.
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New results from their Phase 2 trials show promise, but  there could be issues moving to Phase 3. GSK's functional cure could be approved in the US before then.
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First discovered in the 1970s, the compound was shown in mice to boost energy expenditure and block fat synthesis — resulting in weight loss without muscle loss.

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Cancer Research News

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A logic-gated platform is expanding what's druggable in antibody-drug conjugate development by pairing antigens that cancer cells co-express but normal tissue does not.
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The Nurix and Roche partnership on bexobrutideg is the latest sign that targeted protein degradation is moving well beyond oncology.

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Born to differentiate and heal, mesenchymal stem cells carry great potential for treating a wide spectrum of diseases.
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In a journey fraught with heartache and persistence, medical research giants paved the way for successful bone marrow transplantation. 

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Explore how human gut-liver models can improve the translation of preclinical findings into clinical pharmacokinetic predictions.
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Building better 3D cell cultures starts with mastering one of the laboratory’s most fundamental techniques: pipetting.
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Explore how human gut-liver models can improve the translation of preclinical findings into clinical pharmacokinetic predictions.
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Explore how integrating spatial analysis with flow cytometry can uncover new dimensions of CAR T cell biology.
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Building better 3D cell cultures starts with mastering one of the laboratory’s most fundamental techniques: pipetting.