The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Actuate Therapeutics the green light to begin a clinical trial…
Marisa Horak, MS
Marisa holds a Master of Science in cellular and molecular pathology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied novel genetic drivers of ovarian cancer. Her areas of expertise include cancer biology, immunology, and genetics, and she has worked as a science writing and communications intern for the Genetics Society of America.
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Articles by Marisa Horak, MS
In an early clinical trial testing the novel therapy Alpha DaRT for recurrent glioblastoma, the first three patients given the…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Lira-cel well tolerated so far in early recurrent ovarian cancer trial
Liraltagene autoleucel (lira-cel), an experimental cell therapy in clinical development for recurrent ovarian cancer, has been tolerated well so far…
Cellcentric has raised $220 million in financing to support two clinical trials testing its potentially first-in-class oral therapy inobrodib…
A new genetic test for a group of blood cancers known as myeloid malignancies is expected to soon be…
PANCREATIC CANCER
New AI tool can help doctors better detect early pancreatic cancer
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool can detect early-stage pancreatic cancer on standard medical scans up to three years before…
The first participant has been dosed in a clinical trial testing the experimental therapy GLIX1 in people with recurrent or…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
World Ovarian Cancer Day campaign spotlights scars seen and unseen
May 8 is World Ovarian Cancer Day, a time when advocates around the world raise their voices to increase…
Gilead said it has completed its $7.8 billion acquisition of Arcellx, a deal the company hopes will allow…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has named Terns Pharmaceuticals’ investigational oral agent TERN-701 a breakthrough therapy for…