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GSK partners with Bluebird to commercialise gene therapies – Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review (subscription)

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2017-05-03 NEWS

GSK partners with Bluebird to commercialise gene therapies
Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review (subscription)
GSK and biotech company Bluebird Bio have entered into a licence agreement centring on Bluebird’s lentiviral vector platform. Lentiviral vectors are used as tools for gene delivery in mammalian cells. As part of the agreement, GSK will be given a …

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2017-05-03 NEWS

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How the U.S. Military’s Synthetic Biology Initiatives Could Change the Entire Research Field
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In recent years, however, the military—mostly under the umbrella of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—has created a new suite of programs that take a very different approach to harnessing the power of nature: synthetic biology. Among

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2017-05-03 NEWS

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Bradley Lowery ‘feeling better’ as he undergoes T-Cell treatment trial in London
The Sun
BRAVE Bradley Lowery is “feeling better” as he undergoes immunotherapy treatment a week after being in “horrendous pain”. The ill tot, who is battling neuroblastoma, was forced to cancel his appearance as Sunderland’s mascot last week amid fears his …

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