Beam Therapeutics Enrolls First Patient in BEACON Clinical Trial of BEAM-101 Base Editing Therapy Candidate for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Beam Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAM), a biotechnology company developing precision genetic medicines through base editing, today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the company’s BEACON trial. BEACON is an open-label, single-arm, multicenter, Phase 1/2 clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of BEAM-101 in […]
Vor Bio Successfully Demonstrates Multiplex Editing of Hematopoietic Stem Cells for Next-generation AML Treatment Presented at EHA

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vor Bio (Nasdaq: VOR), a clinical-stage cell and genome engineering company, today announced successful first of its kind dual editing of CD33 and CLL-1 in human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) demonstrating continued progress on its novel approach for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The data […]
Seelos Therapeutics Announces Data Demonstrating Statistically Significant Downregulation of mRNA and Reduction of Alpha Synuclein in an In Vitro Gene Therapy Study of SLS-004 Utilizing CRISPR-dCas9 in Dementia with Lewy Bodies

NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Seelos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEEL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapies for central nervous system disorders and rare diseases, today announced data demonstrating a statistically significant (p<0.01) 19% downregulation of mRNA and a ~40% reduction of alpha synuclein (α-synuclein) in an in vitro study […]
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 […]
ALDEVRON LICENSES THE MANUFACTURING OF A TYPE-V CRISPR NUCLEASE FROM INSCRIPTA

FARGO, N.D. , May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ —Aldevron, a global leader in the custom development and manufacture of plasmid DNA, RNA and proteins for the biotech industry, along with Inscripta, a life science technology company dedicated to making CRISPR-based genome engineering accessible to any research lab, announced today the signing of an agreement that provides Aldevron […]