Another promising cancer treatment

Our Natural Killer (NK) cells already do a good job at looking for wrong cells. They work much like T cells in the immune system. A currently approved therapy is known as CAR-T, which modifies NK outside the body. These cells learn to recognize a common cancer marker and destroy those cells. So far this […]

Another good start for gene therapy

A combination of gene therapy and optogenetic vision restoration is showing some promise, partially restoring vision in one eye of a man suffering from retinitis pigmentosa. The improvement only worked when he was wearing special goggles that sent light pulses to his eyes. This is an exciting time for medical research. All sorts of new […]

New Way to do Diagnostic Tests

Some bright people have come up with a microneedle patch that will be able to test the fluid between cells for the presence or absence of different antibodies or other biomarkers. It can replace a traditional blood draw and the needles are too short to hit the sensory nerves, making it a practically pain-free experience […]