Cancer Therapy AdvisorPhase 2 Trial of SBRT and Gene Therapy Prior to Nivolumab for NSCLCCancer Therapy AdvisorResearchers are evaluating whether patients with metastatic NSCLC will benefit from stereotactic body radiation and a virally mediated gene t… Continue reading
Washington PostPeril resides in the promise of gene editingWashington PostThis is the weekly roundup of The WorldPost, of which Nathan Gardels is the editor in chief. Of all the prodigious advances in technology taking place today, none is more profoun… Continue reading
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Medical News TodayHemophilia cure? Gene therapy trial shows dramatic resultsMedical News TodayA report on the trial, which is published in the New England Journal of Medicine, describes how, more than a year after receiving a single dose of gene therap… Continue reading
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Tigenix gets EMA nod for off-the-shelf stem cell therapy in Crohn’s disease
BioWorld Online LONDON – Eight years on from securing the first EMA approval for an autologous cell therapy, Tigenix NV has done it again, getting the nod for the first allogeneic adipose-derived stem cell therapy, Alofisel (Cx601, darvadstrocel), in the treatment of … Takeda and TiGenix announce that Cx601 (darvadstrocel) has received a positive CHMP opinion to treat complex …Nasdaq |