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Scaling Phage Therapy

Codon

Tom Ireland writes about the companies and technologies that are reimagining phage therapy. Soon after its publication, scientists, journalists, and investors were revisiting ‘phage therapy’ as a promising alternative to our failing antibiotics. Read it on our website here. Illustration by David S. Fast forward to 2023.

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Gamma delta T cells: a rising star in cancer therapy

Drug Target Review

Over the past 25 years, T-cell therapies have gained significant ground in the treatment of cancer. Preclinical research on γδ T cells has made great strides since the cells were first identified in the 1980s, with γδ T-cell therapies from several companies, including IN8bio, now in or nearing clinical trials for various cancers.

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My Attendance at the 2024 Boston Society Cell and Gene Therapy Conference

Alta Sciences

My Attendance at the 2024 Boston Society Cell and Gene Therapy Conference pmjackson Tue, 06/11/2024 - 20:49 , via Wikimedia Commons" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c7a7fa8b-b2fe-4d84-a75e-d1ba3a4e2caf" src="[link] width="742" height="249" loading="lazy" /> Ecm85, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Unlocking Undruggable Targets: Shifting Paradigms in Modern Drug Discovery

DrugBank

But as molecular biology has advanced, so too has our approach to finding new drugs. 5 This period also saw the rise of biologics in the 1980s, which have played a crucial role in modern therapies, particularly for diseases like cancer. This method was more about serendipity than science.

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Codon Digest: Seeing Colors After Gene Therapy

Codon

Their cone cells, which are responsible for color vision, don’t work like normal. But what happens if you restore these cone cells, using gene therapy? ” Wellcome Collection , London I wrapped up my series on “30 Days of Great Biology Papers.” approved a gene therapy for hemophilia A for the first time.

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Codon Digest: Seeing Colors After Gene Therapy

Codon

Their cone cells, which are responsible for color vision, don’t work like normal. But what happens if you restore these cone cells, using gene therapy? ” Wellcome Collection , London I wrapped up my series on “30 Days of Great Biology Papers.” approved a gene therapy for hemophilia A for the first time.

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A Look Back

Dark Matter Blog

The only subject in school that held my interest was biology. As soon as I learned about DNA and RNA, I wanted to be a molecular biologist. I wanted to use molecular biology to create drugs. Having an interest in the emerging field of gene therapy, I did a brief postdoc with Richard Mulligan at the Whitehead Institute.