Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Different approaches that are studied include antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), and gene therapies, which are in early clinical trials. The therapy is specifically aimed at treating FTD patients who have mutations in their granulin gene, which encodes for the protein progranulin (PGRN).

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Development Gene Therapy Protein Gene 246

pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Already a major player in gene therapy, Novartis has swooped on US startup Vedere Bio in a $280 million deal that builds its position in inherited eye diseases that can lead to blindness. Novartis’ big move in the gene therapy market came when it bought AveXis for $8.7

Gene Therapy 40

Gene Therapy Gene Gene Silencing Protein 40

XTalks

MAY 4, 2021

The tool could also prove to be safer than conventional CRISPR-based gene therapies as it does not involve DNA editing, and thus would not cause potentially harmful off-target genomic changes. Epigenetic Editing with CRISPR.

DNA 98

DNA Gene Gene Silencing Genome 98

XTalks

MAY 4, 2021

The tool could also prove to be safer than conventional CRISPR-based gene therapies as it does not involve DNA editing, and thus would not cause potentially harmful off-target genomic changes. Epigenome Editing with CRISPR.

DNA 52

DNA Gene Gene Silencing Genome 52