Cancer immunotherapy is a promising field in drug development because it provides new treatment options for various cancers, especially in combination with standard of care. Immune system can recognize and…
Continue readingMicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs, which are used generally to down-regulate gene expression from messenger RNA (mRNA) by binding to it. miRNAs are getting popular in potential application in cancer…
Continue readingPersonalised medicine is a very popular topic in healthcare as a path towards better and cost-effective treatment of patients. However, we are not there yet due to various reasons. One…
Continue readingAccording to estimates in US approximately 6 – 14% of newly diagnosed patients will develop brain metastases. Almost 45% of patients with lung cancer will develop brain metastases, based on…
Continue readingGene editing techniques are exciting for scientist and oncologists who hope that they will give a new approach in treating cancer and even opportunity to eradicate it all. The idea…
Continue readingCurrent expectations are that by 2030 the annual new cancer cases will reach 22.2 million people. There is an urgent need of new more efficient therapies to tackle raising cancer…
Continue readingWhile the classic chemotherapy agents are cytotoxics, which do not have specific target, the new approach in oncology drug development is focused on immunotherapy, where the new compounds target specific…
Continue readingPrecision Medicine is getting very popular in terms of the future of medicine and managing the rising costs of treatment. Maybe one of the most expensive therapeutic areas at the…
Continue readingWe often hear on the news that a new promising oncology treatment is developed but later on that it was not successful. What are the challenges in drug development in…
Continue readingIt is generally accepted that people with intellectual disabilities are not considered in clinical research if the type of the disease could be studied with people without disabilities. The reasons…
Continue reading