Two Partners Come Together to Manufacture Gene Therapy for RPGRIP1-Related Vision Disorders
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Two Partners Come Together to Manufacture Gene Therapy for RPGRIP1-Related Vision Disorders

According to a story from World Pharma Today, Andelyn Biosciences, Inc., which is a gene therapy Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), has recently struck a partnership with Odylia Therapeutics,…

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Humane Lab Testing in Dogs Leads to a Possible Cure for Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) in Humans

Veterinary ophthalmologists at Pennsylvania’s Veterinarian School of Medicine found that LCA in humans mimics the same type of disease in dogs. According to a recent article in Science Daily, vision…

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New Investigative Therapy Holds Promise for Retinitis Pigmentosa in Mouse Model

Researchers from Nanoscope, thanks to funding by the NIH, have developed a protein that can effectively restore vision in mice. This study was published in Nature Gene Therapy. The Study…

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CRISPR Gene Editing Promises to Cure 10,000 diseases. Now in Its First Human Clinical Trial. Will it Eventually Deliver?

  Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats is more commonly known as CRISPR. As reported recently in Science News, the CRISPR/Cas9 “molecular scissors” is slated to make its highly anticipated debut…

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The World’s First Editing of DNA in Humans Using CRISPR to Treat Leber Congenital Amaurosis

  Allergan plc, a leading global pharmaceutical company, and its partner, Editas Medicine, Inc. have been given the green light for a clinical trial designed to treat patients with severe…

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As Gene Therapy Becomes a Reality, Spark Therapeutics Looks at Challenges That Still Remain
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As Gene Therapy Becomes a Reality, Spark Therapeutics Looks at Challenges That Still Remain

According to a story from BioPharma Dive, the advent of gene therapy development at Spark Therapeutics has been five years in the making. At this juncture, it has been nearly…

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Single Use Gene Therapy Approved in the EU for Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis
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Single Use Gene Therapy Approved in the EU for Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis

According to a story from pm360online.com, the drug developer Novartis has recently announced that the company's gene therapy Luxturna has gained approval in the EU as a treatment for Leber's…

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