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Spotlighting Lupus Awareness Month: CAR-T Technology Creates New Avenues for Treatment of a Devastating Disease

WCG Clinical

Recent headlines have highlighted the potential for Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-based therapies to provide clinical benefits to persons affected by lupus. An expected and well-known side effect of these B cell-targeted therapies is “B cell aplasia”— i.e. partial or complete depletion of B cells from circulation and immune organs.

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Delivering on the promise of gene editing

Drug Discovery World

Gene editing tools such as zinc finger nucleases, transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN) and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) nucleases have been heralded for their enormous potential to treat diseases and genetic disorders. Early phase clinical trials for gene editing therapies.

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Closing the translation gap in oncology drug development

Drug Discovery World

The recent passage of the FDA Modernization Act, which removed the requirement for animal testing when suitable alternatives are available, has highlighted the inadequacy of animal models most often used for in vivo research. Fewer than 5% of oncology drugs that enter clinical trials in the US receive US FDA approval.

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Ixaka (formerly Rexgenero) Launches as an Integrated Cell and Gene Therapy Company

The Pharma Data

Joe Dupere, CEO of Ixaka, commented: “Ixaka’s broad offering of integrated cell and gene therapy capabilities, encompassing cell-based products and an innovative in vivo gene delivery platform, provides a strong foundation for our ambitions to become a leader in cell and gene therapies. A total of $15.4 A total of $15.4 References 1.

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Fighting viruses is as easy as breathing

The Pharma Data

Now, new research from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University has revealed that this constant pattern of stretching and relaxing does even more – it generates immune responses against invading viruses. a Wyss Technology Development Fellow at the Institute. ” The results are published today in Nature Communications. .

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Using single-cell technology to create human antibody-based therapeutics

Drug Discovery World

By contrast, nearly all antibody drugs reaching the clinic today were and are discovered in static systems including “fully human” transgenic animals or cellular display systems. DDW’s Megan Thomas caught up with Wyatt McDonnell, CEO and co-founder of Infinimmune. This has consequences for safety and efficacy.

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Verily – Janssen collaboration; Enhancing the response in pancreatic cancer; Avrobio gene therapy eradicates toxic substrate; Gut microbiome responsible for Multiple Sclerosis

Delveinsight

Verily collaborates with Janssen to launch COVID-19 immune response study. Verily is partnering with Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen division to witness the body’s earliest immune responses to a coronavirus infection, with people participating in the research from within their homes. .