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Vertex Pharmaceuticals has signed a new non-exclusive licensing agreement with CRISPR Therapeutics to expedite the development of its hypoimmune cell therapies to treat type 1 diabetes (T1D). The gene-editing technology allows for precise, directed changes to genomic DNA. The system comprises the Cas9 enzyme and a guide RNA.
Backed by ARCH Venture Partners and Fujifilm, as well as technology licensed from MIT, Tome is looking to create curative cell and integrative gene therapies.
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Dosing can start once again in uniQure’s phase 3 trial of its haemophilia B gene therapy, after the FDA concluded that a case of liver cancer seen in the study was unlikely to be caused by the treatment. . The post FDA lifts hold on uniQure gene therapy after cancer case review appeared first on.
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A biotech company spun out of the University of Edinburgh will utilise research to develop new gene therapies to target different types of cancer. The funding will be used to develop a pipeline of ‘highly selective’ gene therapies targeting cancer stem cells in a variety of solid tumour types.
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” ArsenalBio’s platform makes use of automation, large-scale genome engineering, using technologies like CRISPR-based gene-editing, and machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to design, build, and test cell therapies.
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and OriCiro Genomics K.K. Nonetheless, Moderna has previously been involved in licensing deals to advance its technology. The data was from their phase 2b trial of a personalised vaccine consisting of 34 mRNAs, each targeting mutations – identified by gene sequencing – thought to be driving a patient’s cancer.
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