CAR-T gene therapy for leukemia clears FDA hurdle – CBS News
CBS News |
CAR-T gene therapy for leukemia clears FDA hurdle
CBS News A panel of cancer experts has voted unanimously in favor of a leukemia treatment which could be the first gene therapy available in the U.S.. The Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 10-0 on Wednesday to recommend approval of the treatment … Gene therapy as cancer treatment — ‘a true living drug’ — gets FDA endorsementChicago Tribune FDA Panel OKs First Gene Therapy For LeukemiaWebMD FDA panel endorses potential first US gene therapy to treat leukemiaFox News CNET –CNBC –ABC News –FDA all 140 news articles » |
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (blog) |
CRISPR Encodes Movie into Bacteria, Then DNA Sequencing Plays It
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (blog) A new CRISPR system-based technology enables the recording of digital data, like those presenting successive frames of the movie of a galloping horse, one of the first made ever, in a population of living bacteria. In the future, this molecular … CRISPR ‘kill-switch’ wards off unwanted side effectsFierceBiotech Scientists Used CRISPR to Put a GIF Inside a Living Organism’s DNAMIT Technology Review Lights, Cameras, CRISPR: Biologists Use Gene Editing to Store Movies in DNAScientific American WIRED –The Atlantic –HMS Genetics –YouTube all 109 news articles » |
Medscape |
FDA Panel Unanimously Recommends Approval for Novartis’ CAR T-Cell Therapy CTL019
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Novartis is on track to win FDA approval later this year to market the first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, following an advisory committee’s unanimous recommendation yesterday in favor of the company’s leukemia-fighting treatment … A New Dawn: First CAR T Cell Recommended for FDA ApprovalMedscape Novel cancer treatment wins endorsement of FDA advisersWashington Post FDA Panel Backs Groundbreaking Novartis Treatment That Turns Your Cells Into Cancer KillersFortune Drug Discovery & Development –ABC News –FDA –New York Times all 245 news articles » |
MIT Technology Review |
CRISPR ‘kill-switch’ wards off unwanted side effects
FierceBiotech CRISPR-Cas9 can neatly snip out disease-causing mutations from DNA, but comes with a question of safety—what if the system edits untargeted genes, bringing about harmful side effects? An anti-CRISPR protein that reduces off-target editing might be the … Scientists Used CRISPR to Put a GIF Inside a Living Organism’s DNAMIT Technology Review Lights, Cameras, CRISPR: Biologists Use Gene Editing to Store Movies in DNAScientific American Scientists Upload a Galloping Horse GIF Into Bacteria With CrisprWIRED The Atlantic –Alphr –Genetics –Science Magazine all 89 news articles » |
CNN |
‘Astounding’ second-chance cancer drug heading for FDA approval
CNN CAR–T drugs like tisagenlecleucel are made by removing immune cells from a patient, genetically modifying them using a virus and putting them back into the patient. The virus creates a new cell receptor — which is, in Novartis’ case, part mouse … |