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Texas Heart Institute / Rice University

RESTORING HEART FUNCTION

After a heart attack, patients often develop scar tissue that can lead to dangerous heart rhythm abnormalities. Researchers at Texas Heart Institute and Rice University used thread-like carbon nanotube fibers to bridge across scar tissue in an effort to restore normal electrical activity. They sewed these fibers into the hearts of sheep with scarring like that from a heart attack, and the animals' electrical function improved, suggesting this approach might improve treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in people.

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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center #1

ENGINEERED IMMUNITY

Nearly every vaccine works by coaxing B cells — a key component of the immune system — to make antibodies, but sometimes vaccines provide only partial protection, or none at all. Fred Hutchinson cancer center researchers demonstrated an alternative approach: Using CRISPR genome-editing, they inserted DNA blueprints for specific antibodies into B cells from mice and humans and showed they could produce antibodies against a range of viruses. B cells engineered to produce antibodies against respiratory syncytial virus provided potent, long-lasting protection in mice.

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Children’s National Hospital

NEW CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY

A type of cancer immunotherapy called tumor-associated antigen-specific cytotoxic T cells was shown by Children's National Hospital researchers to be safe in a first-in-human clinical trial in patients — mostly children — with solid organ tumors that didn't respond to previous treatments; 11 of 15 patients had stable disease or better 45 days after infusion, including 6 with progression-free survival after a median of 13.9 months.

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Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT #2

SEEING TINY TUMORS

Ovarian cancer patients' survival depends on how much tumor can be removed, but tiny tumors often have spread so abundantly it’s difficult for surgeons to find and remove them. MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers developed an imaging system using a fluorescing nanotubule that binds a protein abundant in ovarian cancer cells, making it possible to see tumors smaller than a poppy seed in real-time so that they could be removed. Mice undergoing surgery with the imaging system survived longer than those receiving standard surgery. Human prototypes are under development.

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