Stephanie joined Drug Discovery News as an Assistant Editor in 2021. She earned her PhD from the University of California Los Angeles in 2019 and has written for Discover Magazine, Quanta Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times. As an assistant editor at DDN, she writes about how microbes influence health to how art can change the brain. When not writing, Stephanie enjoys tap dancing and perfecting her pasta carbonara recipe.
Articles by Stephanie DeMarco, PhD
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From new biomarkers to smarter clinical trials, AI is transforming how cancer drugs are developed and how patients are diagnosed and treated.
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Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, a team of researchers engineered an enzyme to degrade toxic PFAS molecules — and they’re only in high school.
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Via a unique regulatory route in the UK, scientists found that a gene therapy restored vision in young kids with a very rare and severe retinal dystrophy.
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Larkspur Biosciences scientists develop drugs that make colorectal cancer tumors vulnerable to killing by the immune system and cell death pathways.
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IO Biotech’s two-pronged cancer vaccine targets tumors and the suppressive immune cells around them, demonstrating promising results in metastatic melanoma.
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Roche scientists developed novel bead technology to automate mass spectrometry, increasing clinician and patient access to this sensitive diagnostic technology.
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Backed by patient data and an AI platform, the BPGbio team presented promising results for a mitochondrial-targeted therapy in glioblastoma at AACR 2025.
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Cancer researchers in biotech and pharma highlight the clinical trials and developments they’re most excited about.
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Among the thrill of new results presented at the AACR 2025 conference, the specter of funding cuts to cancer research hung over the meeting.
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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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The 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences honors discoveries in GLP-1 drugs, multiple sclerosis, and DNA editing that transform human health.
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A targeted interleukin-12 gene therapy plus chemotherapy increased survival in advanced ovarian cancer, setting the stage for a new first-line drug.
