The study chronicles the use of Vasalgel ™ in groups of rhesus macaques — confirming previous
preclinical findings in rabbits on the efficacy of the new device and offering a new tool to colony managers.
Not exact matches
Looking at sixty - seven recent drug discovery projects based on
preclinical cancer biology research, they
found that
in more than 75 percent of cases the published data did not match up with their
in - house attempts to replicate.
These
preclinical findings, published online ahead of print
in the International Journal of Oncology, provide evidence for a potential therapeutic approach that will restore sensitivity to chemotherapy and improve treatment of inflammatory breast cancer tumors.
Now, a new
preclinical study from Penn Medicine researchers
found that
in many cases the root of the resistance may lie
in a never - before - seen autophagy mechanism induced by the BRAF inhibitors vermurafenib and dabrafenib.
Now, a
preclinical study, from the lab of Olivier Berton, PhD, an assistant professor
in the department of Psychiatry,
in collaboration with Sheryl Beck, PhD, a professor
in the department of Anesthesiology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,
found that bullying and other social stresses triggered symptoms of depression
in mice by activating GABA neurons,
in a never - before - seen direct relationship between social stimuli and this neural circuitry.
Combining their strategy with an existing immunotherapy treatment that works by releasing the «brakes» on immune cells, they
found they could shrink melanoma tumors, and prolong survival
in preclinical models for melanoma.
The study can be seen
in Cell Reports and provides an explanation for why the clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease drugs have failed and gives new light on the discord between
preclinical and clinical
findings.
Scientists have
found a way to target elusive cells that suppress immune response, depleting them with peptides that spare other important cells and shrink tumors
in preclinical experiments, according to a paper published online by Nature Medicine.
Published this week
in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the scientists
found that inhibiting activin A, activin B and myostatin resulted
in skeletal muscle mass increase by as much as 150 per cent
in preclinical models.
The
findings of multiple
in vivo
preclinical studies published online
in Blood Advances, a Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), indicate that this therapy could potentially treat multiple cancers, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), multiple myeloma (MM), and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
A
preclinical study led by researchers
in the United States has
found that a new oral drug shows early promise for the treatment of muscular dystrophy.
«While care must be taken
in extrapolating
preclinical findings to the care of particular patients, we believe that these and other data do support a more comprehensive and perhaps holistic approach to caring for patients with diabetes and / or obesity,» he adds.
A few years ago, two pharmaceutical companies reported that they could not replicate the vast majority of academic
findings in preclinical experiments.
«We are pleased to have obtained the same results
in two different laboratories and we look forward to translating these
preclinical findings into combination approaches with entinostat to enhance the clinical activity of immune checkpoint inhibition.»
Verma, whose team will publish its
findings tomorrow
in Nature, says the
findings emphasize the need for longer
preclinical studies.
«The next step is to perform
preclinical studies with specific inhibitors of HDAC11 alone and
in tandem with other existing immunotherapies, such as anti-PD1 / anti-PDL1 antibodies,
in order to
find the most potent combination.
Our
finding of similarity
in clinical progression between human patients and Huntington's disease monkeys suggests monkeys could become a
preclinical, large animal model for the development of new treatments.»
We predicted that MP's behavioral effects
in marijuana abusers would be attenuated, consistent with
preclinical findings (30), and that decreased DA reactivity
in ventral striatum would be associated with higher scores
in negative emotionality (neuroticism), which mediates genetic risk for marijuana dependence (31), and with addiction severity.
They
found that injecting patient - derived, brain - seeking melanoma cells into the carotid artery of these
preclinical models resulted
in the formation of many metastatic tumors throughout the brain, mimicking what is seen
in advanced melanoma cancer patients.
Based on these
preclinical findings, CRI provides a seed grant for a phase I clinical trial to test the strategy
in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
PNP Therapeutics, Inc. — a company based on a gene - therapy technology developed by scientists at Southern Research Institute and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)-- has
found an approach that has abolished otherwise unmanageable human cancers
in preclinical rodent studies.
The
findings discovered
in animal models are translated into
preclinical mechanism - driven prevention studies that will ultimately inform epidemiologic studies and lead to clinical trials
in humans.
The potential of Tumor Paint is not limited to brain tumors; it has been
found in preclinical studies to light up prostate, colon, breast and other cancers.
Hu H, Gomero E, Bonten E, Gray JT Allay J, Wu Y, Wu J, Calabrese C, Nienhuis A, d'Azzo A.
Preclinical dose -
finding study with a liver - tropic, recombinant AAV - 2 / 8 vector
in the mouse model of galactosialidosis.
Earlier research by the Wash U team
found that people with
preclinical Alzheimer's spent a higher percentage of their time
in bed unable to fall asleep.
[13] Highlighting this risk
in the PD / AS context, a
preclinical study using a nitrated AS species similar to one
found in patient LB as an active vaccine antigen developed worrisome autoimmunity.
Scientists and vaccine developers involved
in EVI projects presented project progress and research
findings, highlighting one of the most important areas of EVI's activities; translation of research on diseases of poverty vaccines, focusing on early stages from
preclinical to clinical development through harmonisation.
The lab used MRS
in a
preclinical study of SAPAP3 knockout mice — which model aspects of human obsessive compulsive and related disorders (OCRD)-- to determine whether these mice exhibit neurochemical abnormalities
found in humans with OCRD.
The researchers are reporting
preclinical findings for a potential two - treatment strategy to block multiple mechanisms of cancer cell metabolism
in pancreatic cancer at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual...
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founded in 1941 that conducts
preclinical drug discovery and development, advanced engineering research
in materials, systems development, and environment and energy research.
This
preclinical work led to the development of a novel anti-androgen ARN - 509, a small - molecule inhibitor discovered
in collaboration with UCLA chemist Michael Jung, which targets the increased levels of androgen receptor
found in hormone - refractory disease.
«We
found that fragmentation of the circadian rhythm — meaning when someone had frequent short periods of rest or sleep during the day, and frequent brief periods of activity at night — was associated with
preclinical Alzheimer's disease,» said Dr. Yo - El S. Ju of the Washington University School of Medicine
in St. Louis.
However, ADCs that use derivatives of calicheamicin, which promotes double - stranded DNA breaks, such as GO and inotuzumab ozogamicin, 40,41 have limited activity
in cells with high multidrug resistance protein activity, a phenotype
found in a significant fraction of AML patients.42 Another ADC, SGN - CD123A, comprising an engineered form of the CD123 - targeting 7G3 antibody conjugated to a synthetic pyrrolobenzodiazepine dimer, which acts via DNA crosslinking, has entered clinical trials after showing robust activity
in preclinical models of AML, including those with multidrug resistance.33
This corroborates the use of feature binding tests
in preclinical AD studies and suggests that specific cognitive deficits can be
found in SCD.
EPIC
findings suggest that early treatment of
preclinical MMVD delays onset of CHF
in dogs.
Given emerging
preclinical and clinical
findings demonstrating the importance of both genetic and environmental (e.g., care giving and social supports) factors
in determining the consequences of early stress, we examined the moderating role of the 5 - HTTLPR and social supports on the development of depression
in maltreated children.