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‘Accidental’ media switch leads to CAR T therapy discovery
The investigators hope that their new approach could lead to large-scale manufacturing of the CAR T cells for blood cancer patients.
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Improving stem cell transplantation success in high-risk blood cancers
The new medicine is expected to enable over 99 percent of people from a wide range of racial/ethnic groups to find a donor, research says.
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Cell therapy could help curb progression of heart failure
New clinical trial data demonstrates the potential for a stem cell treatment as a cardiac regenerative therapy.
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Could stem cell therapy stabilise MS progression?
Positive findings from a first-in-human trial means that an advanced cell therapy for progressive multiple sclerosis will be evaluated in Phase II.
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Stem-cell therapy delivers potential in Alzheimer’s
Top-line Phase IIa data has demonstrated an allogeneic stem-cell therapy facilitated a lack of deterioration in cognitive signals in mild Alzheimer’s.
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New manufacturing facility could drive gold standard in cell therapy
A new manufacturing facility from the Novo Nordisk Foundation will be the first large-scale cell therapy production site in Denmark.
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Stem cell therapy delivers potential for sickle cell disease
A Novartis’ Phase I/II study for sickle cell disease trialling the gene therapy OTQ92 is the first treatment to target a new genetic area and use cryopreserved stem cells, according to new paper published in NEMJ.
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Regenerative potential: cell‑based therapies for heart failure
Cell-based therapies have the potential to regenerate heart tissue as an alternative to heart transplants. Here, Dr Ibon Garitaonandia, Chief Scientific Officer at CellProthera, shares how CD34+ cells are demonstrating promising results in clinical studies.
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Preparing for stricter standards on substances of human origin
Manufacturers of innovative therapies and other stakeholders handling blood, tissues and cells must prepare for stronger European rules. Ulf Grundmann, Elisabeth Kohoutek and Lara Sophie Hucklenbroich of King & Spalding elaborate on what this means for manufacturers of advanced therapy medicinal products.
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Could novel gene therapy treat sickle cell disease?
Researchers have revealed positive preliminary data from a CRISPR gene therapy trial for sickle cell disease.
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Recent developments in stem cell therapies
EPR explores recent developments in stem cell therapies across several hard-to-treat diseases and how technology is transforming ATMP manufacture.
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FDA approves allogeneic stem cell transplant therapy
The first allogeneic stem cell transplant therapy to be approved based on Phase III study results has been granted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Combination therapy facilitates optimal stem cell collection
Motixafortide plus standard stem cell therapy helped to “rapidly” mobilise stem cells in multiple myeloma, a Phase III trial has shown.
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MHRA to trial stem cell robot for cell therapies
The second-ever stem cell-producing robot, being tested by the UK MHRA, could produce safer, cost-effective treatments for diseases like cancer.
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First mixed race woman potentially cured of HIV
A female patient, who had leukaemia and HIV has been potentially cured by a stem cell transplant from cord blood, scientists say.
