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Cell and Gene Therapy Companies Leverage GenScript’s cGMP sgRNA Capability to Accelerate Speed to Market

PISCATAWAY, N.J., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — GenScript USA Inc., the world’s leading life-science service provider, recently expanded its global current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) single-guide RNA (sgRNA) manufacturing capabilities to meet the growing demand for cell and gene therapies. GenScript’s 400,000 square-foot cGMP facility enables next-generation gene and cell therapy R&D programs to advance IND filings and clinical trials. “We are […]

Researchers Say They Are Close To Reversing Aging

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Researchers at Harvard University are investigating whether human genes could reverse the effects of aging. NBC Medical Fellow Dr. Akshay Syal got exclusive access to Dr. David Sinclair and his lab to discuss the future of how to defy aging.

BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY FOR IPS-DERIVED CELL THERAPIES TURNED INTO GMP PLATFORM BY TREEFROG THERAPEUTICS & INVETECH

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BORDEAUX, France, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — TreeFrog Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing stem cell-derived therapies in regenerative medicine and immuno-oncology based on the biomimetic C-Stem™ technology platform, and Invetech, a global leader in the development and production of automated manufacturing solutions for cell and advanced therapies, today announced the delivery of a GMP-grade cell encapsulation device using the C-Stem™ technology. […]

Orchard Announces Multiple Presentations at 2022 ESGCT Annual Congress Showing the Potential of HSC Gene Therapy in Several Therapeutic Areas

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BOSTON and LONDON, Oct. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orchard Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ORTX), a global gene therapy leader, today announced multiple presentations at the 29th Annual Congress of the European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ESGCT), taking place October 11-14, 2022, in Edinburgh. Clinical and pre-clinical data from across the company’s hematopoietic stem cell […]

Orchard Therapeutics Announces Multiple Presentations at 2022 SSIEM Annual Symposium Highlighting Neurometabolic Disease Portfolio

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BOSTON and LONDON, Aug. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orchard Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ORTX), a global gene therapy leader, today announced seven presentations from across its neurometabolic portfolio will be featured at the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM) Annual Symposium, taking place from August 30 to September 2, 2022, in Freiburg, […]

Renowned Geneticist to Chair Poseida Therapeutics Gene Therapy Scientific Advisory Board

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SAN DIEGO, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company utilizing proprietary genetic engineering platform technologies to create cell and gene therapeutics with the capacity to cure, today announced the appointment of geneticist George M. Church, Ph.D., who will serve as Chair of Poseida’s newly formed Gene Therapy Scientific Advisory […]

Cancer Genetics Expert Dr. Kelly Bolton Appointed to GoodCell’s Scientific Advisory Board

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Waltham, MA, July 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GoodCell, a Harvard Stem Cell Institute company, today appointed Kelly Bolton M.D., Ph.D., M.Phil., to its scientific advisory board.  With a background in medical oncology and genetic epidemiology, Dr. Bolton focuses her research on the interplay between inherited genetic variation, environmental factors, and acquired mutations in shaping […]

What is Gene Therapy?

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 […]

Stem Cells for Treating Hearing Loss & Tinnitus

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Doctor Cliff Olson, Audiologist and founder of Applied Hearing Solutions in Phoenix Arizona, discusses the possibility of using Stem Cells to Treat Hearing Loss & Tinnitus. Video Transcript: – Hi guys, Cliff Olson, Doctor of Audiology and founder of Applied Hearing Solutions in Phoenix, Arizona. And, in this video, I’m talking about using stem cells […]