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Cell and Gene Therapy

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Gene therapy is back into play after a decade-long failed deliveries. 2017 was a golden year in gene therapy arena, various companies are aggressively developing gene therapy based treatments targe...

Jan 10, 2018

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Key to new Cancer drugs discovered in bacterial genomes Achievement is made by the scientists of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) Florida campus who had previously discovered LNM E1 compound used to kill prostate cancer. This time they have unlocked the capability of LNM family molecules by “mining” the in...

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British scientists looking forward to treat Alzheimer’s disease through diabetes drug A group of British scientists are looking for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in an unlikely source i.e. a drug used for treating Type 2 Diabetes. The team, from Lancaster University, has reported that an experimental three-p...

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Novartis ventures; Bill Gates invests; Arcus Biosciences gains; Denali and Odonate seek funding; Fosun Pharma acquires

Novartis ventures itself into developing new editing technology Novartis has moved beyond CRISPR and CAR-T gene editing technology with its latest deal with Homology Medicines, aiming to improve upon its R&D work in the arena of cell and gene therapy. The deal involves Novartis using the gene editing technology ...

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Natural Killer Cell Therapies– Advancing technology increasing competition among the companies

Natural killer cells are a type of lymphocytes and are key components of the innate immune system. They are highly specific predators that play a major role in the host rejection of both tumors and virally infected cells. NK cells are derived from the common lymphoid progenitor cells (lymphoblasts), which also gener...

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South Korean researchers influencing lift of human-embryo restrictions

It has been more than 10 years that a scandal related to stem cell research rocked South Korea, leading to a ban on human embryo research, but now scientists are gearing up for fighting the decade strict regulations related to this research, which they classify as a ban. The nation’s bioethics committee, on August 3...

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Entasis
CAR-T Phase I trials; ContraVir Announces; Merck acquired; Excision BioTherapeutics bags $10M

Two ongoing CAR-T Phase I trials of Cellectis drug candidate has been put on hold by FDA after a patient’s death FDA has put two CAR-T trials on hold following a patient’s death, less than a week after the first ever CAR-T was approved by the US regulatory agency.  The patient (78) was suffering from r...

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Social Behavior Loss Observed in Gene-edited ants through CRISPR

CRISPR has been in the limelight for a very long time, and now it has again touched headlines, not for another milestone, but for a reason that might question the positive effects, it boasts of creating in the research sphere. Two independent researchers at Rockefeller University and New York University edited orco ...

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Natural Killer Cell Therapies– Advancing technology increasing competition among the companies

Natural killer cells are a type of lymphocytes and are key components of the innate immune system. They are highly specific predators that play a major role in the host rejection of both tumors and virally infected cells. NK cells are derived from the common lymphoid progenitor cells (lymphoblasts), which also gener...

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Personalized Medicine
Bristol-Myers Squibb to nix; Pfizer commits $100M; Merck and GSK production issues; Shire unloads plant

Loom of Patent Expiry leads Bristol-Myers Squibb to nix 58 marketing jobs Bristol-Myers Squibb will soon bid farewell to its exclusive lock on a pair of HIV drugs—and, as a result, 58 workers will bid farewell to their jobs. The company is making changes to their HIV portfolio businessin anticipation of end-of-year ...

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Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulated host response to infection. Se.....

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Gene Therapy has shown tremendous growth in the past few years. The use of AAV (adeno-associated vir.....

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A degenerative disease, Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI), is a consequence of insufficient pr.....

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Chlamydial Infection is caused by Chlamydia species and is the most common sexually transmitted bact.....

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Past decades have witnessed a shift in the focus of researchers and pharma companies towards tailori.....

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Hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia (HABP) is the most common type of health-care-associated infec.....

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