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First Gene Therapy For an Inherited Disease Could Soon Be Approved by The FDA – ScienceAlert

First Gene Therapy For an Inherited Disease Could Soon Be Approved by The FDAScienceAlertBy contrast, Luxturna, the Spark product, represents what is thought of as true gene therapy, in which a functional gene does the job of a defective one. About 1,… Continue reading

Dr. Choueiri on the Research With Immunotherapy in RCC – OncLive

Dr. Choueiri on the Research With Immunotherapy in RCCOncLiveToni Choueiri, MD, clinical director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, director, Kidney Cancer Center, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses research involving immu… Continue reading

Revamped CAR-T could curb HIV levels without antiretroviral drugs – FierceBiotech

Spark Therapeutics’ promising gene therapy for vision loss could cost $1 million – MarketWatch

Sastry stepping down as engineering dean – UC Berkeley

UC BerkeleySastry stepping down as engineering deanUC BerkeleyThis impressive assortment includes CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, Blum Center for Developing Economies, Berkeley Water Center, Synthetic Biology Institute, Qualcomm Swarm Lab, Center for… Continue reading

New markers could identify patients most at risk of brain damage from CAR T cell immunotherapy – Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UKNew markers could identify patients most at risk of brain damage from CAR T cell immunotherapyCancer Research UKThe team, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre, identified a number of potential biomarkers that could help doc… Continue reading

Gene therapy for rare hereditary blindness marks “start of a new revolution” in medicine – CBS News

CBS NewsGene therapy for rare hereditary blindness marks "start of a new revolution" in medicineCBS NewsAn experimental gene therapy for a rare hereditary form of blindness is a step closer to reality. An FDA advisory panel voted unanimously … Continue reading