Transforming Lives with Cutting-Edge Science: Orchard Therapeutics Takes Center Stage at ASGCT Conference
Orchard Therapeutics, a global gene therapy leader, announced that six presentations from its hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy platform will be featured at the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) in Los Angeles from May 16-20, 2023. The presentations will include updated results from the company’s ongoing […]
What is Gene Therapy?
Gene therapy has been studied for more than 40 years and can help stop or slow the effects of disease on the most basic level of the human body—our genes. And to understand how it works, we’ll start at the basics. Here’s a great video from the American Society for Gene & Cell Therapy to […]
TScan Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Data at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy 25th Annual Meeting
WALTHAM, Mass., May 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TScan Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TCRX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of T-cell receptor (TCR) engineered T cell therapies (TCR-T) for the treatment of patients with cancer, presented two posters and an oral presentation around TScan’s proprietary platform technologies for its solid tumor program at […]
Editas Medicine Presents Data on SLEEK Gene Editing Technology at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Annual Meeting
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Editas Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDIT), a leading genome editing company, will present data later today on its SLEEK (SeLection by Essential- gene Exon Knock-in) gene editing technology during the New Gene Editing Technologies and Applications Session at the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene and […]
Orchard Therapeutics Announces Presentations at ASGCT 2022 Showcasing Potential of HSC Gene Therapy in Neurodegenerative Disorders and Beyond
BOSTON and LONDON, May 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orchard Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ORTX), a global gene therapy leader, today outlined seven presentations from across its platform to be featured at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) 25th Annual Meeting taking place May 16-19 in Washington, D.C. Featured presentations include updated results on […]
What is the Difference Between Gene Therapy, Cell Therapy, and Gene Editing?
Gene therapy, cell therapy and gene editing are fields of biomedical research with similar goals in mind: To treat disease by changing our bodies at a microscopic level. Specifically, these approaches aim to change our genetic makeup. However, each one changes our genetic material in slightly different ways. What do these approaches have in common, […]