Cancer patients are less protected from Covid 19 after just one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, a research study by Kings College London and the Francis Crick Institute suggests. A 12-week wait for the second dose could leave them vulnerable, while an early second dose appears to boost cancer patients’ protection to 95%. There are…
Illustration: Elena Resko for Labiotech.eu The emerging DNA damage response field is expected to revolutionize precisely targeted cancer treatment as major drug companies show interest in major deals. DNA damage response treatments, (DDR) inhibitor drugs are a recent addition to the therapeutic arsenal employed in cancer treatment. They exploit the imperfect DNA repair machinery found…
In UK over 3 million procedures using live animals are carried out each year. In USA the annual number is estimated at some 22 million. Biotechnology is at last providing future research alternatives to the use of captured wild and industry bred animals for medical research. Research technology is now proving ever better at predicting…
UK Cancer diagnoses for Breast Cancer fell alarmingly during the summer. At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic thousands of routine operations, scans and appointments were cancelled. Patients were later scared to visit hospitals for a mammogram screening for fear of catching the virus. In consequence of this screening and diagnosis pause due to the…