Mayo Clinic researchers find new hope for toughest myeloma through off-the-shelf immunotherapy

South Africa pioneers novel approach to advance precision treatment for aggressive breast cancer 

UP professor wins R3m grant to perfect diagnosis-and-treatment combination that promises to make killer disease manageable Breast cancer is the leading type of cancer among women in South Africa, and globally. Too often it is discovered too late – but a new approach promises a radical change in survivability for patients. The solution, called theranostics, []

University of Calgary developing new immunotherapy cancer treatment

The immunotherapy offers an alternative treatment when chemotherapy, radiation and surgery are no longer effective. The next phase of the trial is recruiting patients.

Australians scientists develop painless alternative to traditional vaccines

There is hope for a potentially painless alternative to vaccines, as Australian scientists help develop a dissolvable patch to substitute traditional injections.

Experimental DNA nasal vaccine shows promise against tuberculosis

Washington, July 5 (SANA) An experimental DNA-based nasal vaccine has shown promising results against tuberculosis (TB) in animal studies, raising hopes for a more effective treatment for one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases. The vaccine, developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public []

Trial of Ebola treatment gets underway in Ituri

A first ray of hope for Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the trial of two potential treatments for the virus gets underway.