uniQure's Glybera® First Gene Therapy Approved by European Commission
Posted on: 2 November 2012, source: uniQure uniQure announced today it has received approval from the European Commission for the gene therapy Glybera® (alipogene tiparvovec), a treatment for patients...
View ArticleThe CliniBook: clinical gene transfer state-of-the-art
Posted on: 23 November 2012, source: CliniGene This book provides a reference for state-of-the-art gene transfer technology as of 2012 and the different aspects of its clinical translation with a focus...
View ArticleShape matters in DNA nanoparticle therapy
Posted on: 14 December 2012, source: National Cancer Institute Researchers from The Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University have discovered how to control the shape of nanoparticles that...
View ArticleMIT researchers crack cheap, precise gene therapy
Posted on: 11 January 2013, source: ExtremeTech Disease is on the run! An incredible advance in the realm of gene therapy has been made by top researchers in the US and Sweden. A single enzyme from a...
View ArticlePositive gene therapy results in large mammals of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Posted on: 17 January 2013, source: NewsMedical Usually, results from a new study help scientists inch their way toward an answer whether they are battling a health problem or are on the verge of a...
View ArticleNew Gene Therapy Extends Lives Of Children With Rare Brain Disorder
Posted on: 24 January 2013, source: Sinq Chalk up another victory for gene therapy. A recent clinical trial has shown that gene therapy can be used to extend the lives of children with a rare brain...
View ArticleAnother Bump in the Road to Gene Therapy?
Posted on: 1 February 2013, source: PlosBlogs By Ricki Lewis - I am astonished, once again, by the complexity and unpredictability of science. Last week, a paper in the Proceedings of the National...
View ArticleTranslating the Genomics Revolution: The Need for an International Gene...
Posted on: 5 February 2013, source: Molecular Therapy In the latest issue of the journal Molecular Therapy, Professor Jacques P. Tremblay (president of the Association of Gene Therapy of Quebec and...
View ArticleLentigen wins US Orphan Drug Designation for glioblastoma
Posted on: 28 February 2013, source: Lentigen Lentigen Corporation, a biotechnology company specializing in the development and manufacture of lentiviral gene delivery products, announced today that...
View ArticleT-Cell Therapy for ALL Shows Benefit
Posted on: 28 March 2013, source: MedPageToday Researchers reported encouraging but preliminary results of gene-based immune therapy in two children with relapsed and refractory acute lymphoblastic...
View ArticleNetherlands Gene Therapy Office launches website
Posted on: 12 May 2013, source: Gene Therapy Office The aim of the governmental Gene Therapy Office is to streamline the licensing and permit granting procedures for clinical gene therapy studies in...
View ArticleEMA Consultation: Draft guideline on the clinical investigation of medicinal...
Posted on: 13 May 2013, source: EMA The European Medicines Agency has recently published a draft guideline on the clinical investigation of medicinal products for the treatment of Duchenne and Becker...
View ArticleScientists reveal inside story of European regulatory review and approval of...
Posted on: 23 May 2013, source: News Medical The scientists who led the team that developed Glybera, the first gene therapy drug approved for use in the Western world, provide a fascinating...
View ArticlePublic consultation on advanced therapy medicinal products: A summary of the...
Posted on: 30 May 2013, source: European Commission The European Commission should prepare a report on the application of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 on advanced therapy medicinal products. With a...
View ArticleWADA Symposium Covers Broad Spectrum of Gene Doping, and Potential for Misuse...
Posted on: 7 June 2013, source: WADA Leading experts in gene therapy, scientists from the field of anti-doping, and sport ethicists joined WADA’s Gene Doping Panel at the Agency’s Fourth Gene and Cell...
View ArticleWiskott-Aldrich Syndrome: Lentivirus Gene Therapy Helps Three Kids
Posted on: 14 July 2013, source: Science 2.0 An international team that developed a new gene therapy approach to treatment of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, a fatal inherited form of immunodeficiency has...
View ArticleRules for Gene-therapy Vectors
Posted on: 14 August 2013, source: Health News Rice University researchers are making strides toward a set of rules to custom-design Lego-like viral capsid proteins for gene therapy. A new paper by...
View ArticleFirst Gene Therapy For Rett Syndrome, An Autism Spectrum Disorder
Posted on: 21 August 2013, source: Medical Daily Scientists in Oregon have developed a new gene therapy for Rett Syndrome, the most disabling of the autism spectrum disorders. Field-tested in mice, it...
View ArticleGene therapy repairs heart attack damage
Posted on: 29 August 2013, source: BioNews Researchers have concocted a 'gene cocktail' that may help to turn scar tissue into functioning cardiac cells after a heart attack. Scar tissue often forms...
View ArticleVaccine appears to clear HIV-like virus in monkeys
Posted on: 14 September 2013, source: Science Recorder Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) have developed a candidate vaccine that appears to completely clear an AIDS-causing...
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