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Facebook billionaires Peter Thiel and Sean Parker backing a stealth immunotherapy biotech — report – Endpoints News

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2017-10-05 NEWS

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Facebook billionaires Peter Thiel and Sean Parker backing a stealth immunotherapy biotech — report
Endpoints News
And they are working on cancer immunotherapies, the hottest field in the R&D arena these days. Garcia — a high profile investigator — has been working on Wnt, noting that an excess of activity triggers cancer. Earlier this year a startup dubbed

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Poseida Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Solid Tumor Data for P-PSMA-101, a CART Therapy Predominantly …
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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Poseida Therapeutics Inc. (“Poseida”), a San Diego-based clinical-stage company translating best-in-class gene therapy technologies into lifesaving cell therapies, today presented preclinical data on …

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WindMIL Therapeutics Announces New Cancer Immunotherapy Approach Based on Marrow-Infiltrating Lymphocytes
Business Wire (press release)
BALTIMORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WindMIL Therapeutics, a clinical stage company developing Marrow-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (MILs™) for cancer immunotherapy, today presented its novel approach to harnessing a patient’s immune system to treat solid …

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Bluebird’s gene therapy shows promise in keeping lethal Lorenzo’s Oil disease in check
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After an average of 29 months following a one-time gene therapy infusion, a clear majority of boys suffering from lethal cases of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy were alive and free of major complications from the disease — the primary endpoint in the

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CRISPR: can gene-editing help nature cope with climate change?
New Statesman
But as a new gene editing technology called CRISPR-Cas9 takes rapid steps toward clinical testing in humans, some are asking if it can also help the world cope with a warming climate. The CRISPR technique has revolutionised scientists’ ability to …
Genetic mutation in mice treatable with CRISPR-Gold gene-editing technologyDaily Californian
CRISPR-Gold Fixes Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Mutation in MiceBioscience Technology
CRISPR Nanoparticles Repair Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene …Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
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