Gene Therapy Reports

Gilead Buys Out Rights to Cancer Therapy from Jounce for USD 67 Million Gilead Sciences must have liked what it saw in a two-year-old collaboration with Jounce Therapeutics for CCR8-targeting cancer immunotherapy because the company has just agreed to own the program fully. The drug in question, GS-1811 (formerl...

Gene therapy is an experimental technique that introduces functional genes into a patient’s body to counteract or replace defective ones, thereby curing disease without using pharmaceuticals, radiotherapy, or surgery. Genetic defects that are difficult to treat with drugs or antibodies can be treated with therapy w...

Each country has a unique system, politics, and economy. Different policies are designed to suit people of different countries. Same goes with the Healthcare industry. Healthcare is financed either through government voluntary or compulsory insurances or via private corporations and NGOs. Industrialised and more d...

Suicide Gene Therapy: The Genetic "Kill Switch" What it is? Suicide gene therapy is based on the introduction of a viral or a bacterial gene into tumor cells, which allows the conversion of a non-toxic compound into a lethal drug. Basically suicide gene therapy also known as Gene Directed Enzyme/Prodrug therapy (G...

Gene Therapy: The “Big Value” Market! Gene therapy has been under scientific research for over 2 decades, but viable therapies have yet to gain commercial acceptance due to safety and delivery-related issues. However, Pfizer’s move and some other recent developments in the industry suggest that the therapy may be ...

Gene Therapy’s “expanding” role in Respiratory disorders! About Respiratory disorders Respiratory disorders encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles...