Organ-on-Chips Revolutionize Drug Safety Testing

Organ-on-chip (OOC) models ... of human organs in vitro, allowing researchers to test drugs and study diverse physiological processes. This whitepaper explores the latest advancements in OOC platforms ... Read More

Building Advanced Cell Models for Toxicity Testing

Life sciences researchers need a host of tools to develop and test ... drug discovery and absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADMET) testing. In particular, scientists can ... Read More

Prostate Cancer News

18, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new urine-based test ... drug compound simultaneously attacks hard-to-treat prostate cancer on several fronts, according to a new study in mice and human ... Read More

Breast Cancer News

model to predict 5-year breast cancer risk from mammograms, according to a new ... Method Improves Detection of Potential Therapeutic Tumor Targets in Human Biopsies Jan. 16, 2024 — Researchers ... Read More

Science

April 22, 2024 • Drug company reps commonly visit doctors to talk about new medications. A team of economists wanted to know if that helps patients live longer. They found that for cancer ... Read More

Difficulties of setting efficacy endpoints in early-stage clinical trials of brain tumor drugs

Clinical trials for cancer drugs have three stages ... A Regulatory Science Study of Exploratory Efficacy Endpoints, Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science (2024). DOI: 10.1007 ... Read More

Good News For Cancer Patients, New Drug Can Help In Reducing Toxicity Caused By Chemo

These particles, carrying cancer-causing genes, can circulate through the body and transform healthy cells into malignant ones. Drug ... Toxicity associated with chemotherapy is a major ... Read More

Engineered peptides show promise in cancer immunotherapy

In a new study published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have designed a new method for developing immunotherapy drugs using ... Read More

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Improving the world's most potent cancer drug

Barker first started investigating this idea as a master's student in UT's Department of Materials Science ... pediatric cancer patients. Shelat jumped on the chance to test the new drug delivery ... Read More

Shrooms and drug tests: What to know

They may show up on specific drug tests designed to detect hallucinogens, but many standard drug tests do not test for these compounds. Because the body processes the mushrooms and their compounds ... Read More

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