Younger women respond worse to checkpoint inhibitor therapy
The big dilemma with checkpoint inhibitor therapy is poor response rates in patients who apparently have "cold" tumors (i.e. the...
Targeted therapeutics (in the form of ADCs : )) have arrived!
ADC number #9 approved. This one against refractory/relapsed multiple myeloma. https://www.cancernetwork.com/view/fda-approves-belantamab...
Oxford vaccine is safe and gives strong immune response against COVID-19
Preliminary results presented in the Lancet. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31604-4/fulltext
We mourn the loss of Sam Ghambir...An innovator that took medical imaging to new heights
Sad that Stanford announced the passing of Sam Gambhir. I'll always remember the boat trawling trip with the Anna Wu and Gambhir labs....
How do you better target receptors for therapeutic antibody-based medicines?
Pleased to announce my latest review on describing the difficulties of targeting, and overcoming, one of the worlds most attractive and...
New Paper published...We detect two important biomarkers in breast cancer.
Thanks to Dr. Michel Paquette, and co-authors for generating a method of potentially providing doctors the ability to streamline...
Tomorrow a new chapter in human space exploration begins!
There is a 1 in 60 chance there is a problem that causes the mission to fail. 1 in 276 chance the two-man crew dies.
50% of the top 10 drug launches since 2017 are antibodies!
Just another indication of how antibodies will soon dominate the pharmaceutical market https://www.fiercepharma.com/special-report/top-10...
At least 8 vaccines in human testing. Let's hope one of them works
Dr Fauci lays out his cautious optimism. https://www.fiercepharma.com/vaccines/multiple-shots-goal-niaid-director-anthony-fauci-cautiousl...
Why are so many getting sick and dying in Montreal?!
This article paints a picture of inequality as a major factor why Montreal is the worst affected city in Canada and among the hardest hit...