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Existing drugs boost new cancer vax responses
Cancer vaccines are becoming an increasingly attractive focus of study, but there are still perils and pitfalls along the way to success. Two recent studies have looked at ways to get around these, focusing on experimental cancer vaccines boosted by existing drugs.
Synthetic cells could be the future of drug delivery
Researchers are working to develop synthetic cells that could target disease and disorder, and release drugs to treat them.
Will $1B cancer IP theft suit trigger tighter vigilance on researchers' work?
The University of Pennsylvania's cancer research institute believes it's been ripped off to the tune of $1 billion. The center is pointing a finger at its former scientific director--a prestigious
Designer T cells spur a cure in tiny leukemia study
T cells extracted from patients and then genetically customized to trigger an attack on cancer cells successfully wiped out leukemia in two of three patients in a matter of weeks, offering a possible
Penn prof files complaint over ghostwritten Paxil study
A University of Pennsylvania professor has opened up a big can of worms with accusations that 5 psychiatrists, including one Harvard Medical School professor, lent their bylines to a journal article
UPenn drug-delivery vector aims to avoid immune attacks
Viruses have had a limited run in the drug delivery game because, while they can home in on tissues throughout the body, our immune systems are wired to mount defenses against them. Yet a group at
