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Five recent cell and gene therapy discoveries
This article highlights five of the latest findings using cell and gene therapy techniques that could be used in the development or design of new therapies.
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New machine learning model could encode words to kill cancer cells
US researchers, using new machine learning techniques have developed a virtual molecular library of “words” that encode commands to kill cancer cells.
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Application note: Droplet Digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) is well suited for quantifying transgene copy number
This application note discusses why CAR T-cell therapy is so exciting, notes some common hurdles in development and manufacturing and proposes ddPCR technology as a solution for some of these issues.
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Keeping T cells strong and improving cancer immunotherapy
The tumour microenvironment can prevent some T cells from carrying out their immunotherapeutic duties. In this Q&A, Dr Brian Shy, Clinical Instructor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Laboratory Medicine, describes a recent study wherein he and fellow scientists discovered a strategy to strengthen T cells…
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CAR-T therapy becomes a powerful tool against an autoimmune disease like MS
US researchers have shown that CAR-T therapy can be used to eliminate unwanted cells that cause autoimmunity.
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Drug Target Review Cell and Gene Therapy Supplement 2022
This supplement focuses on how cell and gene therapy can target diseases such as cancer and reduce elevated lipoprotein(a).
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Drug Target Review – Issue 4 2022
A new Drug Target Review issue is now ready to download! This issue features articles which explore how artificial intelligence can enhance screening and ways to find new hits through simultaneous orthogonal screens. Also included are articles on CRISPR, immuno-oncology and RSV vaccines.
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Cardiac regeneration: a new electrical therapy for CVD
US researcher from the University of Houston is the first to report a novel cell therapy process for heart regeneration, that conducts electricity throughout the heart to enable rhythmic heartbeat and repair diseased hearts.
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Novel method could determine which lymphoma patients will respond to CAR T-cell therapy
A new high-throughput approach has shown how patients whose tumours express CD58 are more likely to respond to CAR T-cell therapy.
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Blocking trogocytosis improves ability of CAR T-cell therapy to treat cancer in mice
Researchers have found how tumours can avoid the immune system and cancer immunotherapies, including CAR T-cell therapies.
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Progress towards a stem cell-based therapy for blindness
Scientists are developing an effective stem cell-based therapy to regenerate photoreceptors cells and restore sight in people with blindness.
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Drug Target Review Cell & Gene Therapy ebook
This ebook features articles from gene therapy specialists that look at current platforms as well as the future of promising modalities for gene therapies. It also tackles novel stem cell technology considerations and gives insight into the careful balancing act between efficacy and safety in gene therapy.
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Immunity boosting treatment enhances CAR T-cell therapy for blood cancers
A new study in mice has shown blood cancer treatment with protein interleukin-7 revs up T-cell immunotherapy.
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Using big data approaches to develop cell therapies
An area where stem cell biology and medicine are combining effectively is the establishment of new cell therapies. However, current therapies are limited to a narrow set of cell types that can be isolated or created and expanded in vitro. Dr Owen Rackham discusses how utilising computational approaches will further…