All posts by: Michael Zand

Engineered cell therapy for cancer gets thumbs up from FDA advisers
Nature.com
This is in stark contrast to some other CAR-T trials that have, over the past year, reported the death of several patients from severe brain swelling. Novartis’ therapy is not identical to the CAR–T cells used in those trials, which were administered …

FDA advisers endorse what could be 1st US gene therapy
WEAR
CAR-T therapy starts with filtering key immune cells called T cells from a patient’s blood. In a lab, a gene is then inserted into the T cells that prompts them to grow a receptor that targets a special marker found on some blood cancers. Millions of …

Lights, Cameras, CRISPR: Biologists Use Gene Editing to Store Movies in DNA
Scientific American
Internet users have a variety of format options in which to store their movies, and biologists have now joined the party. Researchers have used the microbial immune system CRISPR–Cas to encode a movie into the genome of the bacterium Escherichia coli.
Scientists Can Use CRISPR to Store Images and Movies in BacteriaThe Atlantic
Scientists Upload a Galloping Horse GIF Into Bacteria With CrisprWIRED
Scientists Used CRISPR to Put a GIF Inside a Living Organism’s DNAMIT Technology Review
The Scientist –Popular Science
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Lights, Cameras, CRISPR: Biologists Use Gene Editing to Store Movies in DNA
Scientific American
Internet users have a variety of format options in which to store their movies, and biologists have now joined the party. Researchers have used the microbial immune system CRISPR–Cas to encode a movie into the genome of the bacterium Escherichia coli.
CRISPR technology shows potential as a “molecular recorder” through DNA encoded movieNews-Medical.net
Scientists Used CRISPR to Put a GIF Inside a Living Organism’s DNAMIT Technology Review
CRISPR Encodes Movie into Bacteria, Then DNA Sequencing Plays ItGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (blog)
FierceBiotech –Alphr –YouTube –EurekAlert
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A New Dawn: First CAR T Cell Recommended for FDA Approval
Medscape
A new dawn is breaking in the field of hematologic malignancies, as the first product based on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells was scrutinized today by a panel of experts and unanimously recommended for approval. All 10 panel members at today’s …
Novel cancer treatment wins endorsement of FDA advisersWashington Post
CAR–T gene therapy for leukemia clears FDA hurdleCBS News
FDA Panel Backs Groundbreaking Novartis Treatment That Turns Your Cells Into Cancer KillersFortune
Markets Insider –STAT –NBCNews.com
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Pioneering cancer gene therapy by Novartis backed by US panel
CNBC
Novartis AG’s pioneering cancer drug won the backing of a federal advisory panel on Wednesday, paving the way for the first gene therapy to be approved in the United States. An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted 10-0 that the drug …
FDA panel backs Novartis’ pioneering new cancer gene therapyReuters
Novel Leukemia Treatment Could Be 1st US Gene TherapyU.S. News & World Report
CAR-T gene therapy for leukemia clears FDA hurdleCBS News
Fox News –TIME –Sun Sentinel
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Novel cancer treatment wins endorsement of FDA advisers
Washington Post
Novartis, the drugmaker behind the CAR T-cell therapy, is seeking approval to use it for children and young adults whose leukemia doesn’t respond to traditional treatments — a group that numbers 600 or so patients a year in this country. But the …
A New Dawn: First CAR T Cell Recommended for FDA ApprovalMedscape
FDA Panel Backs Groundbreaking Novartis Treatment That Turns Your Cells Into Cancer KillersFortune
Novartis’ stellar CAR–T efficacy data steamrolls safety doubts to power landmark cancer therapy toward approvalFierceBiotech
ABC News –CBS News –FDA –New York Times
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