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From crude surgery to gene editing: how cancer treatments evolved over the years

A little more than two centuries ago, an English novelist named Frances Burney endured a “terrible operation” to remove a tumour after having breast cancer diagnosed. Burney spent more than 17 agonising minutes under the scalpel as her surgeon in Paris cut away at her breast – all without anaesthetic. She was 58 when the mastectomy was performed and lived another three decades, a happy outcome that went against the terrible odds faced by cancer patients at the time. Fast forward to today and the cancer treatments being contemplated by Prof Dan Peer at Tel Aviv University in Israel are as sophisticated and precisely targeted as the one Burney suffered was crude.

Athersys Announces CEO Transition

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Athersys Announces CEO Transition CLEVELAND, Ohio (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 16, 2021 Athersys, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATHX), a regenerative medicine company developing MultiStem ® cell therapy, today announced that Dr. Gil Van Bokkelen has stepped down as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The Athersys Board has appointed William (B.J.) Lehmann, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Ismail Kola, Lead Director of the Athersys Board, has been appointed Chairman of the Board. The Company’s Board is commencing a comprehensive search process to identify a permanent CEO. The Board intends to identify and select a CEO who can guide Athersys in the commercial stage.

Homegrown coronavirus variants are on the rise in the U S How worried should Americans be?

Homegrown coronavirus variants are on the rise in the U.S. How worried should Americans be? Andrew Romano © Provided by Yahoo! Lifestyle In recent weeks, Americans have been waiting with bated breath for the arrival of worrisome overseas variants of SARS-CoV-2 the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. We’ve all heard of B.1.1.7 (the so-called U.K. variant), B.1.351 (the so-called South Africa variant) and P.1 (the so-called Brazil variant). We’re dimly aware of how they work, with various spike-protein mutations that confer certain advantages, making them more transmissible (like B.1.1.7) or more likely to evade our immune defenses (like B.1.351 or P.1). We know that some cases have already been detected in the U.S., and that many more have likely gone undetected. And we worry that the more they spread here, the harder it will be to end the pandemic.

Researchers identify existing drug s potential for triple negative breast cancer

Researchers identify existing drug’s potential for triple negative breast cancer 28th January 2021 Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London (ICR) have identified an already approved breast cancer drug which could have promise in the treatment of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). The study, funded by research and care charity Breast Cancer Now, suggests that palbociclib – marketed by Pfizer as Ibrance – could be used to treat around a fifth of people with TNBC. The research discovered a way to identify TNBC tumours that could be more likely to respond to CDK4/6 inhibitors such as palbociclib. To do this, the research team screened 200 of the most frequently altered genes in breast cancer, to evaluate how changes in these genes affect a cancer’s ability to grow.

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