Aug 02, 2026
Recent studies show microbiome modulation boosts chemotherapy accumulation, peptide-based mRNA vaccines shrink neuroblastoma tumors by 70%, and engineered LNPs enhance lymph node delivery while cutting side effects.
Mar 31, 2026
Ultragenyx received FDA clearance for UX016 in GNE myopathy, with a Phase 1/2 study planned for 2026. Soligenix's confirmatory HyBryte trial for CTCL has 66 of 80 patients enrolled, and an interim analysis is expected in early 2026.
Jul 31, 2026
Penn joined 35 universities in an amicus brief supporting Harvard’s lawsuit against a $2 billion federal research funding freeze. The brief warns that such cuts endanger basic research and innovation, as Penn itself faces over $400 million in recent funding freezes and cuts.
May 14, 2026
A U.S. appeals court revived Regenxbio’s patent suit against Sarepta, holding the asserted gene-therapy host cell claims are markedly different from anything occurring in nature.
May 04, 2026
Pitt received $669.7 million in NIH funding in 2025 to rank No. 7 nationally. Penn Nursing received $17.9 million, ranking first among U.S. nursing schools.
Apr 26, 2026
Congress rejected the administration’s deepest proposed science cuts, increasing NIH funding by about $415 million to $48.7 billion. NASA and NSF also saw far smaller reductions than proposed.
Apr 21, 2026
Wafik S. El-Deiry highlighted p53 research and the August 2025 approval of dordaviprone/modeyso, the first treatment for diffuse gliomas with H3K27M mutations. Separate posts also described glioblastoma precision oncology discussions and a lifetime achievement award in Mumbai.
Mar 21, 2026
New AI-powered platforms enable same-day cancer treatment decisions and streamline clinical trial matching. University of Utah's μPharma chip predicts drug responses in under four hours, while City of Hope's HopeLLM system matches patients to trials across its national network.
Mar 11, 2026
The FDA has established a "plausible mechanism pathway" to approve personalized genome editing and RNA-based therapies for rare and ultra-rare diseases without requiring large randomized controlled trials, streamlining access to individualized treatments.
Mar 10, 2026
Recent publications and collaborations advance glioblastoma research through blood-based microRNA diagnostics, combination immunotherapy trials, and identification of MOV10 as a prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target.
Mar 09, 2026
Five intra-articular gene therapy platforms for knee osteoarthritis are in human trials in the US, while India prepares regulatory guidelines for mRNA, gene and cell therapies to accelerate innovation.
Feb 26, 2026
The FDA has proposed a new "plausible mechanism" pathway to approve customized treatments for rare diseases after testing in only a handful of patients, aiming to remove barriers for gene editing and other bespoke therapies that don't fit traditional approval systems.
Feb 25, 2026
The FDA approved acalabrutinib combined with venetoclax for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic leukemia based on phase III trial results. Separately, Yale researchers identified CD25 protein complex as a new drug target for aggressive leukemias.
Feb 24, 2026
The FDA has proposed new guidelines to create a pathway for approving bespoke therapies tested in small patient groups, specifically targeting rare genetic conditions and gene editing treatments that don't fit traditional approval systems.
Feb 14, 2026
Researchers have developed modified CAR T cells that overcome prostaglandin E2 suppression in solid tumors and a selective therapy targeting IGHV4-34 that spares healthy immune cells, addressing key limitations in current treatments.