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Imago BioSciences, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for hematological and inflammatory diseases, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted their Investigational New Drug (IND) application providing clearance to proceed with the clinical development of IMG-7289 in the U.S. The IND supports the company’s ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial of […]
This abstract is provided by Mads Emil Bjorn & Hans Carl Hasselbalch – Department of Hematology, Region Zealand, Roskilde, Denmark Abstract Introduction: The therapeutic landscape of the Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) is markedly changing consequent to the development of JAK-inhibitors and the use of ruxolitinib (RUX) in patients with myelofibrosis (MF) and patients with polycythemia […]
Abstract Myeloproliferative neoplasm cells recruit Gli1 positive mesenchymal stromal cells to transdifferentiate into fibrosis-causing myofibroblasts, a process that can be inhibited by a Gli inhibitor. Bone marrow fibrosis (BMF), characterized by deposition of reticulin and collagen fibers in the marrow, is a hallmark of primary myelofibrosis (PMF) and other myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). PMF is characterized […]
THE STORY OF JAK2 Four teams race to find the mysterious cause of a group of blood cancers. JAK2 MUTATIONS AT A GLANCE Involved in: blood cancers and disorders including polycythemia vera, primary myelofibrosis, thrombocythemia, leukemia. Testing requires: a blood draw. Bone marrow samples occasionally used. Prognosis: Patients with a JAK2 mutation have a lower […]
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