BioSpace News Archive

Shares of Cambridge, Mass.-based Mersana Therapeutics are up more than 7 percent in premarket trading after the company announced that it will be able to continue with its Phase I trial studying the antibody drug conjugate XMT-1522 as a potential treatment for some breast cancer patients.

CRISPR Therapeutics and ViaCyte are collaborating to discover, develop and commercialize a gene-edited allogeneic stem cell therapy or therapies for diabetes.

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc.announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for human trials of its oral GLP-1 analog capsule ORMD-0901.

Warriors recently teamed with United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) officers to soar across the sky in gliders as part of a Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) event.

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), the American Geriatrics Society (AGS), with funding from The John A. Hartford Foundation, today unveiled one of the field’s first suites of online tools to aid surgeons and related medical sub-specialists who care for older people.

Research published on line in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) was again recognized by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) as a world leader in sustainable industrial practices. The company was named to DJSI’s World and North American Indices and is the only U.S.-based firm in the chemical sector to be selected for those indices for 16 consecutive years.

The National Kidney Foundation has launched a new online pediatric community just for parents of children with kidney disease.

JUUL Labs, Inc. today announced results from a preliminary study on the cytotoxicity of aerosol generated from JUUL’s Menthol, Mint and Cucumber 5% nicotine-e-liquid filled pods

Hyundai Hope On Wheels nonprofit organization, in its 20-year funding pediatric cancer research will present Todd Druley, MD, PhD, a pediatric oncologist and hematologist at Washington University with Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children’s Hospital with a $1 million Hyundai Quatum Grant.