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Almost 400 cell and gene therapies in US pipeline, finds report
New research has found that there are 362 cell and gene therapies in clinical pipelines in the US, an increase from 2018.
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FDA centres collaborate to evaluate conclusions of pharmacogenetic testing
The FDA has released a statement that two of its centres will collaborate to provide information on gene-drug interactions they believe have sufficient supporting evidence.
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UK accounts for 12 percent of global cell and gene therapy clinical trials
New research has found that the cell and gene therapy clinical environment in the UK has encouraged commercial sponsorship from around the world.
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New drugs more likely to be approved if backed up by genetics, says study
A new study could aid pharmaceutical companies in their drug development efforts after if found that a drug candidate is more likely to be approved for use if it targets a gene known to be linked to the disease.
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Do viability methods detect all viable organisms?
Many bacterial species have been found to exist in a viable but non-culturable state. Jeanne Moldenhauer discusses this phenomenon and makes suggestions as to why we don’t often see an increase in viable cells when using viability-based methods.
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BPSA releases guide to production of cell and gene therapies
The Bio-Process Systems Alliance, the primary international industry association for single-use bio-processing, is pleased to announce the release of its latest whitepaper...
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NHS announces groundbreaking personalised child cancer treatment
The NHS has announced a groundbreaking new treatment, CAR-T, for children with leukaemia...
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Gene therapy receives Champalimaud Vision Award
The Champalimaud Vision Award has been awarded to research teams for the development of a gene therapy...
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Fast-acting cholera vaccine could curb outbreaks
A tricked-out cholera vaccine starts protecting against the deadly disease within a day, experiments in rabbits suggest.
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Genome sequencing of first 50,000 UK Biobank participants
UK Biobank has announced a major initiative to sequence the full genomes of 50,000 UK Biobank volunteer participants...
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Larotrectinib shows promise in paediatric patients with TRK gene mutations
A new cancer drug has proven safe and effective for paediatric patients with a rare tumour gene mutation...
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Does genome sequencing increase downstream costs?
A pilot study has found that whole genome sequencing of healthy individuals and cardiology patients did not increase health care spending outside of the sequencing costs.
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Blood and urine tests developed to indicate autism in children
International researchers believe that their new blood and urine tests which search for damage to proteins are the first of their kind to detect early autism spectrum disorders...
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Blood-based epigenetic may hold clues to autism
Epigenetic data reveals immune-response pathways that may prove critical to understanding autism...
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PI3K inhibitors show hope for rare bone cancers
Scientists have used genome sequencing to gain a better understanding of the biology underlying chordoma...
