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Moderna partners with Life Edit for mRNA gene editing therapies

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Moderna has entered a strategic research and development partnership with ElevateBio’s Life Edit Therapeutics to discover and develop new in-vivo mRNA gene editing therapies. Moderna will also assume further development, manufacturing, and commercialisation responsibilities on exercising a target option.

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Gene editing: beyond the hype

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Cutting edge’ is, for once, a truly apt description when it comes to gene editing – both because the field is pushing medicine into areas we might never have dreamed possible, and because these technologies involve literally cutting DNA at a specific point in the genome. That would just slow the whole field down.

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Vertex, CRISPR prep filing for gene-editing blood disorder therapy

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Vertex Pharma and partner CRISPR Therapeutics will start a rolling marketing application in the US for their gene-editing drug for sickle cell disease (SCD) and beta thalassaemia later this year. The post Vertex, CRISPR prep filing for gene-editing blood disorder therapy appeared first on.

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ReCode Therapeutics partnering with Bayer's AskBio on single vector gene-editing platform

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The collaboration will combine ReCodeâs delivery technology with AskBioâs gene editing and DNA cargoes to develop gene correction therapies for liver and lung diseases.

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Commercialization of novel gene-editing technology in beta-thalassemia

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Gene therapies and research into them have grown immensely in recent years, offering more novel tools in regenerative medicine to fight disease, including rare diseases and genetic disorders. billion deal with Precision Biosciences to support its development of one-time treatments for beta-thalassemia and sickle cell.

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EHA: Vertex, CRISPR build case for gene-editing drug

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A gene-editing drug developed by CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharma has continued to show impressive results in clinical trial, with an update at the EHA congress showing long-term effects on the symptoms of both beta thalassaemia and sickle cell disease. billion product if it gets approved for both indications.

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AstraZeneca pays record 660% premium for gene editing company LogicBio

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AstraZeneca’s rare disease firm Alexion is set to expand its genomic medicine portfolio with the acquisition of gene editing specialist LogicBio Therapeutics, in a deal worth approximately $68 million. The post AstraZeneca pays record 660% premium for gene editing company LogicBio appeared first on.