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Gene Therapy and Pharmacokinetics

Camargo

How and When to Incorporate PK Design into Your Gene Therapy Development Plan. Gene therapy, which was in its infancy around 30 years ago, is now becoming a more prominent treatment method in many therapeutic areas, from personalized therapy to mass vaccinations against COVID-19. Gene Therapy Definition.

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Researchers speed identification of DNA regions that regulate gene expression

Scienmag

Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have developed a highly efficient method to address a major challenge in biology–identifying the genetic ‘switches’ that regulate gene expression. Credit: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital St.

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Gene expression delivery tool ‘slides’ instructions into cells

Drug Discovery World

If further studies verify the results, this could be a new method for targeting specific cell types for a variety of disorders that could be treated with gene therapies. Two methods currently used to deliver protein-making packages into cells, ‘mini promoters’ and serotype-mediated gene expression, vary widely.

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Another Astellas gene therapy hits a safety hurdle

pharmaphorum

The safety of Astellas’ gene therapy portfolio has been thrust into the spotlight once again, after the FDA placed a clinical hold on a trial of its Pompe disease candidate AT845. The delivery vector – an AAV8 capsid – is designed to allow gene expression directly in target tissues like skeletal muscle.

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bluebird seeks gene therapy trial restart after cancer scare

pharmaphorum

bluebird bio is to ask regulators to restart clinical studies of its LentiGlobin for sickle cell disease, after an investigation concluded that a case of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) was “very unlikely” to be caused by the gene therapy. bluebird bio’s Philip Gregory.

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CAMP4’s funding influx paves the way for tapping regulatory RNA to treat urea cycle disorders

Pharmaceutical Technology

Ultragenyx uses adeno-associated virus 8 (AAV8) gene therapy to induce stable OTC gene expression. This treatment activates the OTC gene so that ammonia can be removed from the blood. This gene therapy will give the instructions to produce the enzyme arginine so that it can be hydrolysed to ornithine.

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Turning science into business: Amplifying mRNA by targeting regRNAs

Drug Discovery World

DDW’s Diana Spencer speaks to Josh Mandel-Brehm , CEO of Massachusetts-based biotech CAMP4, to understand the role regulatory RNAs play in gene expression and how the founders overcame the challenge of launching a business based on brand new science. DS: How easy was it to transfer theoretical research into a viable business?