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Ginkgo acquires machine learning biotech Patch Biosciences

Drug Discovery World

Ginkgo Bioworks has acquired Patch Biosciences, with the intention to strengthen its gene therapy services, cell therapy services, and RNA therapeutics services. The collaboration achieved its goals of enhancing the AAV production titres of Biogen’s gene therapy manufacturing processes.

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Spotlighting Lupus Awareness Month: CAR-T Technology Creates New Avenues for Treatment of a Devastating Disease

WCG Clinical

CAR-T Cells Target Harmful B Cells in Lupus CAR-T cell technology, which uses genetic engineering to direct white blood cells to attack specific molecular targets, was originally proposed for treatment of HIV infection and hematological malignancies. In these cases B cell depletion is a feature, not a bug.

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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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Elevating drug discovery through access to in vivo models

Drug Discovery World

Licensing: facilitating straightforward access to genetically engineered models Genetically engineered models (GEMs) are mice and rats that have been genetically engineered to include or exclude specific DNA modifications.

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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. Gene switches are sites on genes where regulatory molecules can bind to trigger transcription process, leading to expression of a particular gene.

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How mice with humanised immune systems are advancing cell-based immunotherapy

Drug Discovery World

In vivo models, particularly HIS models, allow preliminary investigation of cell-based therapeutic strategies—often in combination with other therapeutic modalities—to overcome the limitations and challenges of T cell-based immuno-oncology treatments and identify effective options for clinical investigation. Jespersen et al.

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This week in drug discovery (1-5 July) 

Drug Discovery World

The last few days have seen some interesting developments related to gene editing, including the discovery of a new mechanism for genetic programming and evidence in favour of redosing CRISPR-based therapies, as well as significant investment and new indications for gene therapies.