Latest Oncolytic virus Stories
NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Cynvec LLC, a privately held biotechnology company focused on developing novel cancer therapies that harness the apoptotic ability of the sindbis viral vector, today announced that Frank Stonebanks, President and Chief Executive Officer, will make a presentation titled "Cynvec: Breakthrough Oncolytic Viral Vector Therapy with Sindbis" at the 11th Annual Shanghai International Forum on Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry. Mr. Stonebanks' presentation...
Scientists have determined how to produce replication-competent viruses with key toxicities removed, providing a new platform for development of improved cancer treatments and better vaccines for a broad range of viral diseases.Cellular microRNA molecules regulate the stability of mRNA in different cell types, and this newly-understood mechanism provides the possibility to engineer viruses for cell-specific inactivation. Cancer Research UK scientists at the University of Oxford, United...
- Company plans initiation of clinical studies; Data to be presented at AACR - BATON ROUGE, La., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Drug discovery and development company Esperance Pharmaceuticals today presented positive results from the Company's preclinical program that support the initiation of clinical trials in cancer. EP-100 is the first candidate from the Company's Cationic Lytic Peptide (CLYP(TM)) platform technology. EP-100 is a targeted membrane-disrupting peptide and is designed to...
NEW YORK, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Cynvec LLC, a privately held biotechnology company focused on developing novel cancer therapies that harness the apoptotic ability of the sindbis viral vector, today announced that Frank Stonebanks, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the NYBA 18th Annual Meeting, Bioscience Industry Showcase on Monday, April 20, 2009 at 9:40am. The presentation will be held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, Belasco Room, in New York City. About Cynvec...
NEW YORK, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Cynvec LLC, a privately held biotechnology company focused on developing novel cancer therapies that harness the apoptotic ability of the sindbis viral vector, today announced that Frank Stonebanks, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the BIO National Venture Conference in Boston on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 1:45 p.m. ET. About Cynvec LLC Cynvec, a privately held biotechnology company, is developing proprietary cancer therapies...
Canada-US breakthrough, published in Nature Immunology, explains how mechanism seeks out and fights type 1 herpes simplexScientists have discovered a new way for our immune system to combat the elusive virus responsible for cold sores: Type 1 herpes simplex (HSV-1). As reported in the advance online edition of Nature Immunology, a group of virus hunters from the Université de Montréal, in collaboration with American colleagues, have identified a cellular process that seeks out and...
CALGARY, March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX: ONC, NASDAQ: ONCY) announced results of two preclinical studies that were presented at the Fifth International Meeting on Replicating Oncolytic Virus Therapeutics. The meeting was held in Banff, Alberta from March 18th to 22nd, 2009. Professor Hardev Pandha of the University of Surrey County Hospital, U.K., delivered a poster presentation entitled "Combination of Oncolytic Reovirus and Rapamycin in a B16.F10 Mouse...
NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Cynvec LLC, a privately held biotechnology company focused on developing novel cancer therapies that harness the apoptotic ability of the sindbis viral vector, today announced that Frank Stonebanks, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Cowen and Company 29th Annual Health Care Conference in Boston on Monday, March 16, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. ET. About Cynvec LLC Cynvec, a privately held biotechnology company, is developing proprietary...
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Jennerex, Inc. (San Francisco, CA and Ottawa, Canada) a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that the journal, Nature Reviews Cancer, has published an article about the company's promising, targeted and armed oncolytic poxviruses, which have demonstrated encouraging clinical and preclinical data. The article, published in the January 2009 issue, was authored by David H. Kirn, M.D., president and chief executive officer of...
Using an engineered herpes virus targeting tumor stem cells, researchers successfully blocked a brain tumor from forming in mice. This discovery may help doctors better understand the recurrent and treatment-resistant nature of these tumors, and potentially find better treatments.Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial cancer in childhood and the most common cancer in infancy. The disease can go into remission by chemotherapy, radiation or surgery, but it's also known for treatment...
