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Experiment Reveals Human Genes Can Be Controlled With Electricity

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

New research from ETH Zürich in Switzerland could see future wearable devices (with perhaps a few implants and a touch of genetic engineering) boost our health directly. Fitness trackers help you stay healthy by keeping count of your steps and monitoring your heart rate, driving you on to hit those cardio goals.

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Opinion: Secrecy: A demon of gene therapy’s past bedevils its future

STAT News

Twenty-three years ago, the field of gene therapy was bursting with the promise of breakthrough treatments. Then it was almost instantly derailed by the death of an 18-year-old clinical trial volunteer named Jesse Gelsinger after he received a genetically engineered virus that had been developed to treat his rare liver condition.

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Leading innovators in IgG gene expressing animal models for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: IgG gene expressing animal models. To obtain human antibody responses within a mouse, mice are genetically engineered to be humanised for their Ig genes.

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Leading innovators in gene splicing using nucleases for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Gene splicing using nucleases. They are engineered to cut specific genomic targets in order to modify the expression of single genes and proteins.

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The Importance of Hazard Communications in Clinical Trials Involving Genetic Engineering

Advarra

Genetically engineered products often require additional safety practices to ensure the infectious agents do not endanger participants, study staff, or the broader environment where such agents are administered. How can I protect myself from exposure? What should I do if I’m exposed?

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Enabling the next wave of innovative drug therapies with speciality enzymes

Pharmaceutical Technology

The next wave of medicine is well on course to be cell and gene-based. For cell and gene therapy applications, you need a variety of speciality enzymes of the highest purity, specificity, and consistency. Novozymes has a long legacy of enzyme discovery and the ability to genetically engineer these speciality enzymes to be superior.

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IBC vs. IRB: What’s the Difference?

Advarra

Gene therapy research is exciting and full of promise, but because of the risks involved, it’s also highly regulated, requiring an institutional biosafety committee (IBC) to provide additional oversight and risk assessment. What Does an IBC Review? What Does an IBC Review?