Despite the success of CAR-T therapies for B-cell cancers and multiple myeloma, developing CAR-T therapies for solid tumors has posed more of a challenge. Failure of the CAR-T cells to multiply to high enough levels, the tumor microenvironment being immunosuppressive, and tumor cells ‘escaping’ the therapy by losing target antigen expression are just some of […]

The San Diego company, which initially gained attention for successfully treating Ebola patients, has turned its focus on exosomes which play a role in immune system suppression and the spread of cancerous cellular material. Aethlon Medical grabbed headlines a few years ago when its HemoPurifier blood filtering device was used on an emergency basis to treat […]

I’ve never had much luck with big pharma’s solutions for fibromyalgia, but I know plenty of fibro warriors whose lives are improved by fibromyalgia medications like Lyrica, Cymbalta, Savella, gabapentin and others. We all wish for that magic pill, so it’s a big deal when pharmaceutical companies announce they’re testing out potential drugs for fibromyalgia. After all, we […]