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How to advance AAV-based gene therapies

Drug Discovery World

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector-based gene therapies hold exceptional promise across a range of disease areas. Promising therapies are stumbling in clinical trials AAV vector-based gene therapies use modified viruses as drug delivery vehicles to effectively introduce DNA sequences into cells via transduction. She received a Ph.D.

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A New Type of Bookworm: Bringing Patient Perspectives Into the Classroom?

KIF1A

In this blog post, KIF1A.ORG Chief Science Officer Dr. Dominique Lessard describes a unique cross disciplinary experience with multiple scientific stakeholders in the rare disease space, all focused around our holistic understanding of KAND. How do we move the needle to make patient voices and experiences the center of scientific discovery?

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The promise of 3A5C7 mAb in the treatment of morphine tolerance

Drug Target Review

About the author Dr Jia-Jia Zhang, Doctoral candidate Dr Jia-Jia Zhang is a doctoral candidate at the National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine & Department of Cell Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, and her research interest is the development of therapeutical antibodies to treat human disease.

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Women in Stem with Dr Sara Sangha

Drug Target Review

Early in my education, I developed an interest in understanding how chemical entities derived from natural resources could be modified and used to fight specific diseases.

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Who are the AACR Scientific Achievement Award winners?

Drug Discovery World

He is being recognised for his revolutionary contributions to developing the first gene-edited cell-based therapy for cancer that involves the genetic re-engineering of a patient’s own T cells to combat their disease, and for demonstrating that adoptive T-cell therapy can induce remission and in some cases cure patients with advanced cancer.

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Discovering an Antimalarial Drug in Mao’s China

Codon

“Cumulatively the deadliest of the human infectious diseases,” malaria has been documented throughout recorded history. In this light, scouring old Chinese remedies for new treatments for a disease specifically troublesome during war was entirely intuitive for Chinese biomedical scientists like Tu Youyou in the mid-20th century.

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A research team searches for every gene that helps tumors evade immunotherapy

Broad Institute

By Allessandra DiCorato October 11, 2023 In 2011, Robert Manguso was working in a cell biology lab when his mother was diagnosed with Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive skin cancer. His mother had a presentation of the disease that suggested her immune system was already on the job.

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