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ElevateBio raises funds to advance cell and gene therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

ElevateBio has raised $401m in a Series D financing round for advancing its technology platforms to expedite the design, production and development of cell and gene therapies. The technology platforms include the Life Edit gene editing platform, an RNA, cell, protein, vector engineering and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) platform.

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$80 Million-Plus Venture Rounds for Gene Editing, Fusion Protein Companies

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Sizable venture rounds from cardiac gene-editing company Verve Therapeutics and the retooled fusion protein maker Vera Therapeutics will push their lead therapies into and through the clinic over the next two years.

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Novel gene-editing therapy shows promise for patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy

Medical Xpress

A single IV infusion of NTLA-2001, a novel CRISPR/Cas9-based gene editing therapy, significantly reduced circulating transthyretin (TTR) protein levels in patients with ATTR amyloid cardiomyopathy, a progressive and fatal cause of heart failure, according to late-breaking research presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions (..)

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Protein misfolding specialist Gain nets $40m from IPO

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Gain Therapeutics has priced its initial public offering, raising more than $40 million for its computational drug discovery platform and pipeline of drugs for diseases associated with protein misfolding. . The post Protein misfolding specialist Gain nets $40m from IPO appeared first on. and valuing the company at around $130 million.

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STAT+: Intellia says CRISPR treatment safely corrects DNA of six patients with rare disease

STAT News

Preliminary results from the study — just the second to show that CRISPR-based gene editing can be delivered systemically and performed in vivo, or inside the body — found that the treatment, NTLA-2002, reduced levels of the disease-causing protein, kallikrein, by 65% and 92% in the low- and high-dose cohort, respectively.

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Mapping Networks of Immune Genes Behind Autoimmune Diseases

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Every gene in a cell is expressed at exact levels due to complex gene regulatory networks. For example, when T cells (a type of white blood cells that fight off infections and cancer) are activated in our immune systems, thousands of proteins in these cells change. Using CRISPR Technology to Disrupt Networks of Immune Genes.

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ElevateBio and Pittsburgh University to establish biomanufacturing centre

Pharmaceutical Technology

ElevateBio has signed a long-term strategic collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, US, to establish a biomanufacturing centre for expediting cell and gene therapy development. Cell & Gene Therapy coverage on Pharmaceutical Technology is supported by Cytiva.