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Gene therapy is a technique that involves replacing, inactivating, or adding a new gene to treat or prevent a disease. The science of GENE THERAPY involves the DNA-based changes in genetic material so that the gene can transcribe a healthy protein. In the past, there has been no success in designing any gene therap...

Laminin might help to regenerate heart muscles Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, have been studying the self-regeneration process of the heart. After an injury, the self- regeneration property of the heart has been limited. But now, Scientists turned to Stem Cell therapy. They are prepping stem ...

Biohaven buys PRV from GW Pharmaceuticals for USD 105 million GW Pharmaceuticals has announced its decision to sell its rare pediatric disease priority review voucher (PRV) to Biohaven Pharmaceuticals. The voucher was issued under U.S. Food and Drug Administration programme to accelerate speedy recovery of rare ...

BioNTech lines up USD 800 Million for fuelling mRNA R&D BioNTech is lining up a Nasdaq IPO that raises USD 800 million. The German mRNA specialist is contemplating to stimulate its cash-intensive plans. BioNTech has booked Bank of America and JPMorgan with a plan to list on Nasdaq. The current plan is to inc...

Cell Medica receives funds for its cell therapy A USD 8.7 million grant to Cell Medica has been given by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to speed up the clinical development of CMD-502 off-the-shelf chimeric antigen receptor-natural killer T cell (CAR-NKT) cell therapy. The program, su...

 Vertex, CRISPR Therapeutics treated a patient using CRISPR In the very first, a patient diagnosed with Beta thalassemia was treated using CRISPR gene editing tool by Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics.  CTX001 used to treat the disease, was extracted from hematopoietic stem cells from patients, engineered ex...