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Transforming Healthcare: What’s on the Horizon for Cell Therapies?

This article explores the current landscape and future potential of cell therapies, including CAR T-cell and stem cell-based approaches, highlighting their expanding clinical use, underlying mechanisms and the challenges that lie ahead.
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How Multimodal Datasets and Models Are Helping To Advance Cancer Care

In the era of precision oncology, the integration of high-throughput, multimodal datasets presents both a formidable challenge and a transformative opportunity. We spoke to Dr. Benjamin Haibe-Kains about how AI/ML data models are helping.
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Forgotten Biological Samples Threaten Research Integrity

Dr. Jennifer Man, director of Science at UK Biocentre, explains why biological sample storage must evolve to prevent costly research losses and meet new regulations with automated, climate-friendly systems.
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Liquid Biopsies: Paving the Way for More Personalized and Responsive Cancer Care

Liquid biopsies offer a less invasive, yet highly informative, alternative to traditional diagnostic methods. This article examines how liquid biopsies are aiding cancer drug development and guiding treatment strategies.
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Next-Generation Sequencing in the Clinic: Opportunities and Challenges

Discover how next-generation sequencing is transforming diagnostics, guiding treatment decisions and shaping the future of personalized medicine.
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Building Living Therapeutics With Synthetic Biology

This article explores how synthetic biology is revolutionizing therapeutics through engineered cells, precision genetic circuits and AI-driven design, with applications in cancer treatment, vaccine development and next-generation immunotherapies.
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The Next Frontier in Immunotherapy: Predicting and Preventing Immune-Related Adverse Events

Today, our approach to irAE management is predominantly reactive. Clinical guidelines, while increasingly robust, are designed to detect and treat toxicity after it arises. This framework, though necessary, falls short of what is now possible.
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The Influence of Metabolism in the Tumor Microenvironment

The tumor microenvironment is a harsh environment where metabolic adaptations are key. In this article, we explore how the metabolic constraints of the TME influence cancer and immune cells and dive into the metabolic cross-talk between them.
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How Can Viruses Be Harnessed for Good?

Traditionally, viruses have been thought of as a burden that cause disease. Now, viruses are being harnessed to tackle diseases that medicines can’t, helping fight cancer, genetic disorders and even infectious diseases.
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The Past, Present and Future of Population Genomics

Learn how population genomics has evolved, its role in health and disease and the challenges ahead.
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