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Single-course in vivo base editing therapy proven to lower cholesterol

Drug Discovery World

The trial participants have heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH), a life-threatening inherited disease characterised by lifelong elevations in blood LDL-C and accelerated atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). FH is one of the most common genetic conditions, affecting around one in 300 people globally.

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A step closer to ‘clinical trial in a dish’ for Alzheimer’s  

Drug Discovery World

Grown in vitro, these cells can provide patient specific human brain models from a large cohort of AD patients – to create a ‘clinical trial in a dish’. has paved the way for the use of cell-based assays to investigate drug safety and efficacy, including this innovative ‘clinical trial in a dish’ approach.

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Intellia Gets FDA Clearance to Start First Ever Phase III Trial for an In Vivo CRISPR Drug

XTalks

Clinical-stage genome editing company Intellia Therapeutics has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to start a pivotal phase III trial of NTLA-2001 for the treatment of transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.

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Myeloid raises funds to support lead cell therapy programme

Pharmaceutical Technology

Myeloid Therapeutics has raised $73m to support the continued clinical development of its lead cell therapy programme, MT-101, in Phase I/II trials for T cell lymphoma. MT-302 is a TROP2-targeting in vivo chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that has been designed to express in the myeloid compartment.

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Another Milestone: LogicBio Successfully Edits Genes in Children

BioSpace

On Monday, LogicBio Therapeutics unveiled clinical trial results demonstrating the first-ever in vivo, nuclease-free genome editing in little humans.

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Umoja and IASO partner to develop therapies for haematological malignancies

Pharmaceutical Technology

The robust expertise of IASO in monitoring possibly best-in-class CARs leveraging its fully-human antibody discovery platform (IMARS), quickly conducting clinical trials and its in-house GMP facility for producing plasmid, virus vector and CAR-T cells intends to make its new therapies available to larger population across the world.

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How Much Do You Know About in silico Trials?

XTalks

Conventional in vitro and in vivo studies are used in the drug development pipeline. Take this quiz to test your knowledge about in silico trials! Register for this free, upcoming webinar to learn more about the benefits of implementing in silico clinical trials with mechanistic models for drug development.

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