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Research partners advance AAV gene therapy for heart disease

Drug Discovery World

The collaboration will work on developing exosome-encapsulated AAV (exoAAV) vectors as a novel gene delivery technology aimed at improving treatments for heart disease. Susmita Sahoo, Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology at Icahn Mount Sinai has been exploring the use of exosomes in gene therapy for several years.

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Rocket agrees to acquire biotech firm Renovacor

Pharmaceutical Technology

The most advanced programme of the company is adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy, REN-001. It leverages gene transfer technology to target the monogenic cause of BAG3-linked dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a severe kind of heart failure. .

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First hybrid gene therapy shows early promise in treating long QT syndrome

Scienmag

— In a new study published in Circulation, Mayo Clinic researchers provide the first preclinical, proof-of-concept study for hybrid gene therapy in long QT syndrome, a potentially lethal heart rhythm condition. ROCHESTER, Minn.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer scaling back early-stage research into rare diseases; BioNTech and U.K. partner on cancer trials

STAT News

… Pfizer told employees it plans to pull back on early-stage research into treatments for rare diseases, including the development of new viral-based gene therapies , Barron’s reports. Among the assets on the chopping block is a gene therapy manufacturing facility in Durham, N.C.,

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STAT+: Verve Therapeutics begins human tests of first ‘base editor,’ aiming at heart disease

STAT News

Somewhere in New Zealand, the first patient ever has been dosed with a kind of gene-editing treatment known as a base editor, a newer way of utilizing CRISPR for gene editing. The company studying the treatment, Verve Therapeutics, announced the news Tuesday. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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One-time gene therapy could change treatment of heart failure

Drug Discovery World

Asklepios BioPharmaceutical (AskBio), a gene therapy subsidiary of Bayer, has presented first-in-human data from a Phase I trial investigating AB-1002 (also known as NAN-101) for the treatment of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF).

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Aurlumyn (Iloprost) Gets FDA Nod as First Severe Frostbite Treatment

XTalks

Related: Vyjuvek Gets FDA Nod as First Topical Gene Therapy for Rare Skin Disease The active ingredient in Aurlumyn is iloprost, a vasodilator that opens up blood vessels and stops blood from clotting. Blisters, which can affect all layers of skin, typically form 24 hours after exposure and tissue turns black if it starts dying.