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The evolution of cell therapy to address unmet medical needs

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There are many opportunities to address conditions of the eye, such as retinitis pigmentosa, dry age-related macular degeneration or any of the hundreds of inherited retinal diseases. MSTX), from 2010, and was also a member of its board of directors from 2011, until Mast’s merger with Savara, Inc. SVRA) in April 2017.

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Gamma delta T cells: a rising star in cancer therapy

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Prior to that, Mr Ho was at New Leaf Venture Partners, a leading healthcare venture capital firm, where he launched and managed the public investments and cross-over portfolio, and served as its Public Investment Director from 2010 to 2014. Human γδ TCR repertoires in health and disease. References Fichtner A, Ravens S, Prinz I.

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Mediating BRAF-mutant melanoma resistance

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Alani currently serves as the Herbert Mescon Endowed Professor and Chair of Dermatology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisan School of Medicine and the Dermatologist-in-Chief at Boston Medical Center, a position she has held since January, 2010.

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The Promise of Gas Vesicles

Codon

Even after a half-century of molecular biology research, scientists didn’t know until recently how gas vesicles physically trap gas while occluding water. Dr. Karl Dussik, an Austrian physician, was among the first to suggest that ultrasound could be used to diagnose diseases within the body in 1941. 31,500x magnification.

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Codon Digest: Seeing Colors After Gene Therapy

Codon

CNGA3-achromatopsia is a hereditary disease that causes people to see in shades of gray. in Current Biology. They’re talking about a patient who has a rare genetic disease. ” Wellcome Collection , London I wrapped up my series on “30 Days of Great Biology Papers.” From Sulis D.B. in Science.

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Codon Digest: Seeing Colors After Gene Therapy

Codon

CNGA3-achromatopsia is a hereditary disease that causes people to see in shades of gray. in Current Biology. They’re talking about a patient who has a rare genetic disease. ” Wellcome Collection , London I wrapped up my series on “30 Days of Great Biology Papers.” From Sulis D.B. in Science.

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Codon: Notes on Progress #2

Codon

I recently asked for recommendations of “classic” papers in molecular biology. And a Phase I study for three patients with late-onset Pompe disease, a rare genetic disorder that causes glycogen to build up inside of cells and causes the heart and skeletal muscles to slowly break down, also looks promising.

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