An $850000 Price Tag on Gene Therapy Shouldn’t Freak You Out—Yet – MIT Technology Review
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An $850000 Price Tag on Gene Therapy Shouldn’t Freak You Out—Yet
MIT Technology Review Mark Trusheim, who directs MIT’s New Drug Development Paradigms program, says gene therapies are moving medicine from a model of “renting” treatments to one of “buying” long-term health improvements. “The challenge is like going from being an apartment … Gene Therapy for Rare Form of Blindness Comes With Nearly $1 Million Price TagTIME Gene therapy for inherited blindness sets precedent: $850000 price tagWashington Post Spark Therapeutics Sets Price Of Blindness-Treating Gene Therapy At $850000Forbes CNN –Rutland Herald –NBCNews.com –CNBC all 111 news articles » |
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Gene therapy temporarily reverses diabetes in mice
FierceBiotech The team used an adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector—the same technology that’s at the heart of Spark’s gene therapy—to deliver two proteins, Pdx1 and MafA, into the pancreas. These proteins “reprogrammed” alpha cells into insulin-producing cells … Could Gene Therapy One Day Cure Diabetes?Gizmodo |
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Could Gene Therapy One Day Cure Diabetes?
Gizmodo If we use gene therapy to get the body to make new insulin-producing cells in the body, logically it should attack those cells too.” But that’s not what happened. Using what’s known as an adeno-associated virus, they deliver two proteins, Pdx1 and MafA … Gene therapy temporarily reverses diabetes in miceFierceBiotech Gene therapy restores normal blood glucose levels in mice with type 1 diabetesEurekAlert (press release) |
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Efficacy and safety of chimeric antigen receptor T–cell (CAR-T) therapy in patients with haematological and solid …
UroToday Patients with relapsed or refractory malignancies have a poor prognosis. Immunotherapy with chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR–T) cells redirects a patient’s immune cells against the tumour antigen. CAR–T cell therapy has demonstrated promise in treating … |
Live Science |
Can Gene Editing Save the World’s Chocolate?
Live Science Fungi and viruses are poised to doom chocolate, which is why scientists are racing to save cacao — the tree that sprouts the colorful, football-size pods containing beans used to make chocolate — with the gene-editing tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 … |