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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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Sartorius upscales gene therapy prowess with $2.6bn Polyplus acquisition

Pharmaceutical Technology

The deal will see Polyplus join the German life science group’s portfolio allowing the latter to leverage expertise in transfection reagents and plasmid DNA for gene therapy. Polyplus, based in Strasbourg, France, produces key components in the production of viral vectors used in cell and gene therapies.

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?5 Things You Need to Know from Our Recent Gene Therapy Webinar

Worldwide Clinical Trials

At the end of May, we hosted a webinar titled “ Changing Times, Changing Therapies: Keeping Up with Advancements in Cell and Gene Therapies ” to provide a quick update on the latest advancements and ongoing in development of these advanced therapeutics. Around 40% of clinical holds are for gene therapy programs.

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Vertex signs licence deal with CRISPR Therapeutics for diabetes therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Under the terms of the deal, the company will receive non-exclusive rights to CRISPR/Cas9, a gene-editing technology of CRISPR Therapeutics, for the development of potentially curative T1D cell therapies. The gene-editing technology allows for precise, directed changes to genomic DNA.

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

XTalks

Developed by MIT researchers Jonathan Gootenberg and Omar Abudayyeh, PASTE (Programmable Addition via Site-specific Targeting Elements) gene editing technology can insert genes as long as 36,000 DNA base pairs to liver cells in mice as well as several types of human cells.

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Moderna partners with Life Edit for mRNA gene editing therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

The gene editing platform of Life Edit provides an extensive and diverse library of base editors and RNA-guided nucleases (RGNs), which are smaller in size than conventional nucleases. Our novel editing systems have the potential to precisely modify gene targets for both in vivo and ex vivo therapeutic development.”

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Top 30 New Medical Devices of 2024

XTalks

The Shield test provides a non-invasive approach to colorectal cancer screening by analyzing blood for key DNA changes linked to cancer. There, plasma is separated, and tumor DNA is identified by detecting genetic mutations, methylation patterns and fragmentation signals. The Onclarity HPV reagent pack extraction combo.