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World AIDS Day 2023: New and Promising Treatments for HIV/AIDS

XTalks

These findings signify a significant step forward in the development of AGT103-T as a potential gene therapy for HIV. In 2021, the FDA granted approval to San Francisco-based Excision BioTherapeutics to start trials assessing CRISPR gene editing as a potential treatment for HIV. In addition, Vir Biotechnology, Inc.

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Fueling Growth Opportunities for Sustainable Agriculture

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Gene editing investments advance agriculture with improved food quality, higher yield, and improved crop nutrition. Gene editing is the key to better solutions and greater choices for farmers and consumers around the world. Improving diets through increased quality and access.

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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine trial; Freenome secures $270 M; CRISPR treats obesity in mice; Breast cancer research updates

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The phase 1 study that is being run by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases tests three dose levels of the vaccine, mRNA-1273, given in two injections a month apart in 120 adults. Moderna showed robust phase 1 results for its COVID-19 vaccine in adults up to 55 last month.

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Clinical Catch-Up: January 18-22 | BioSpace

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It inked a deal with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to launch a Phase I trial. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), of bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) decreased the risk of COVID-19 among residents and staff of long-term care facilities, i.e., nursing homes.

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2020 Year in Review: COVID-19, CRISPR and Immunotherapies Define the Year for the Life Sciences

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From rare disease drug approvals to treatments involving immunotherapies and gene therapies and awarding of a Nobel Prize to the inventors of the gene-editing tool CRISPR, 2020 was a year of great activity and productivity despite the backdrop of the pandemic. CRISPR Gene Editing Inventors Win Nobel Prize.