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Gene Therapy and Pharmacokinetics

Camargo

How and When to Incorporate PK Design into Your Gene Therapy Development Plan. Gene therapy, which was in its infancy around 30 years ago, is now becoming a more prominent treatment method in many therapeutic areas, from personalized therapy to mass vaccinations against COVID-19. Gene Therapy Definition.

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Ovid turns to gene therapy startup to restock drug pipeline

Bio Pharma Dive

The New York biotech will invest in and develop up to three drugs with Gensaic, an emerging startup aiming to use the viruses that infect bacteria to deliver genetic medicines.

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Tweaked genes borrowed from bacteria excite heart cells in live mice

Scienmag

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a gene therapy that helps heart muscle cells electrically activate in live mice. DURHAM, N.C.

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6 Parkinson’s Biotech Companies: Where Are They in 2021?

XTalks

Like other neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementias, Parkinson’s disease research has been immensely challenging for biotechs, with a high rate of late-stage attrition in trials leading to a lack of disease-modifying therapies being approved. Axovant Gene Therapies. Prevail Therapeutics.

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New CRISPR-Based Tool Called PASTE Gene Editing Inserts Large DNA Sequences at Desired Sites

XTalks

We wanted to work toward what gene therapy was supposed to do at its original inception, which is to replace genes, not just correct individual mutations.”. The PASTE gene editing technique was recently published in Nature Biotechnology. They could successfully insert genes into approximately 2.5

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Genetically engineered T cells could lead to therapies for autoimmune diseases

Scienmag

The immune system fights bacteria, viruses and other pathogens by utilizing several types of T […].

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Gene Switch: A Novel Platform for Switching Genes On and Off

Roots Analysis

Overview of Gene Switch The notion that genes might be turned on and off was discovered several decades ago when studies revealed that E. coli bacteria, as well as lambda bacteriophage, can adapt to the alterations in the composition of their nutrient medium.

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