Tag: gene
Pfizer: recruiting for gene therapy
(CercleFinance.com) – Pfizer and Sangamo Therapeutics have announced the reopening of recruitment for the AFFINE phase 3 study evaluating giroctocogene fitelparvovec, an experimental gene therapy for patients with moderately severe…
Star Trek: Would Gene Roddenberry turn in his grave? We don’t really care! – Comment
STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS August 05, 2022 at 4:00 p.m According to William Shatner, the new “Star Trek” series would make “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry turn in his…
Death of Gene LeBell, the stuntman who inspired the character of Brad Pitt in Tarantino
Legendary stuntman, expert in martial arts, he was the direct inspiration of the character of Brad Pitt in “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”. Gene LeBell died in his sleep at…
Does »gene scissors« keep what they promise?
Gene therapy with CRISPR/Cas9: does the “gene scissors” deliver what they promise? Ten years after the discovery of CRISPR/Cas9, the first gene therapies are coming into the clinic. Expectations are…
More safety in gene therapies
At the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, viral immunologist Ying Kai Chan is trying to develop safer AAV vectors. The risks increased when…
Gene mutations made dogs trusting
“Although it is not yet clear whether the stress marker cortisol is actually lower in dogs than in wolves, the presence of two mutations on one gene – one associated…
Lysogene Provides Update on Phase 2/3 AAVance Clinical Study with LYS-SAF302 Gene Therapy
By Claude Leguilloux Published on 06/03/2022 at 6:04 p.m. (Boursier.com) —…
Ukraine: National Plant Gene Bank Threatened by Fighting
LONDON (Reuters) – The war in Ukraine, the world’s fourth-largest grain exporter, threatens the destruction of the National Plant Gene Bank, which holds a priceless treasure trove of seeds of…
Illumina Ordered to Pay $333 Million to Chinese Company in Gene Sequencing Patent Case
The jury also said Illumina willfully infringed the patents and that three patents it accused of infringing BGI’s Complete Genomics unit were invalidated. BGI and Illumina have been embroiled in…
women carrying the gene have a higher risk of getting ovarian cancer
NEWSLETTERS fun, news, tips… what else? Endometriosis has serious consequences on the lives of women who suffer from it. A study warns of the increased risk of ovarian cancer. Endometriosis…
Lysogene: The American Sarepta and Lysogene end their partnership around a gene therapy
(BFM Bourse) – A few months before the announcement of the results of a decisive clinical study, the American biotech company Sarepta and Lysogene have terminated a license agreement which…
Alice Detollenaere reveals to be “carrier of an altered gene”
NEWSLETTERS fun, news, tips … what else? Suffering from breast cancer two years ago, Alice Detollenaere is particularly committed to this cause. This Sunday, October 31, the companion of Camille…