Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) have made significant advancements in treating oncological diseases, with therapies like CAR-T cell treatments transforming cancer care. However, cell-based therapies are intended to leverage those healthy cells via transplant to regenerate damaged tissue.

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Broad Institute

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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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Codon

APRIL 9, 2023

“Computer science is to biology what calculus is to physics.” ” — Harold Morowitz 🔥 Ten Amazing Things (that happened this week…) A CAR-T therapy was tested in 27 children with neuroblastomas. The CAR-T cells were detectable in 26 out of 27 children after 30 months. Nature Chemical Biology.

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Codon

APRIL 30, 2023

In one experiment, the microneedle patches were used to deliver a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine into mice, producing immune responses similar to a traditional injection. Printed vaccines caused mice to have a faster immune response. Nature Cell Biology. Synthetic Biology. Cell Systems.

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Codon

APRIL 30, 2023

In one experiment, the microneedle patches were used to deliver a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine into mice, producing immune responses similar to a traditional injection. Printed vaccines caused mice to have a faster immune response. Nature Cell Biology. Synthetic Biology. Cell Systems.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As gene editing technologies like CRISPR progress toward clinical study, researchers must continue to advance new approaches and address inherent challenges, explains Jon Chesnut, PhD, Senior Director, Cell Biology R&D, Thermo Fisher Scientific. Early phase clinical trials for gene editing therapies.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Enkelejda Miho, PhD, Professor, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, and Managing Director, aiNET, on: ‘The singular immune response to dengue and machine learning identification of antibodies in high-throughput sequences’. It is called, ‘An unexpected future for immune oncology therapies?’

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