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Sanofi expands research deal with gene editing startup Scribe

Bio Pharma Dive

Scribe will receive $40 million upfront from Sanofi in a collaboration initially focused on developing an in vivo gene editing treatment for sickle cell disease.

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State of Play: A closer look at hotspots of emerging biotech research

Bio Pharma Dive

In this continuing series, BioPharma Dive examines new areas of biotech investment and startup activity, such as next-generation RNA medicines, TYK2 inhibitors and in vivo CAR-T.

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Neurons in spinal-cord injuries are reconnected in vivo via carbon nanotube sponges

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CIC biomaGUNE researchers have demonstrated the restoring in vivo of the connection between neurons, yielding functional results Credit: Author: Pedro Ramos / CIC biomaGUNE Research conducted by two groups at the Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials CIC biomaGUNE and one at SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (Italy), (..)

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Intellia, Regeneron ace first trial with ‘in vivo’ CRISPR drug

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So far, human trial data for gene-editing drugs have been generated for ex vivo therapies, meaning the CRISPR technology is used to modify cells outside the body, which are then reinfused into the patient. — Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 26, 2021. — Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 26, 2021.

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Allogeneic cell therapies “poised for prime time” says expert

Pharmaceutical Technology

While the allogeneic vs autologous debate continues in the cell therapy field, research on in vivo therapies is drawing interest.

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Ginkgo Bioworks partners with WARF for new GD2 CAR T-cell therapies

Pharmaceutical Technology

Ginkgo Bioworks (Ginkgo) and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) have collaborated to discover next-generation GD2 CAR T-cell therapies to treat solid tumours. Ginkgo will partner with researchers from Wisconsin-Madison to discover new and improved GD2 CAR designs with improved persistence, fitness and proliferation.

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Interius Gets Go-Ahead for Phase I Trial of In Vivo CAR-T Therapy in Australia

BioSpace

Interius BioTherapeutics has received approval from Australia’s Human Research Ethics Committee to begin the first-in-human trial of an investigational in vivo CAR-T therapy designed to treat B-cell malignancies.

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