FDA Approves 2 Landmark Cell-Based Gene Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease
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The FDA has approved a pair of landmark treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD) in patients 12 years of age and older, marking the first cell-based gene therapies for SCD. As part of today’s regulatory action, both bluebird bio’s Lyfgenia (lovotibeglogene autotemcel [lovo-cel]) and Vertex Pharmace…
Study Reveals Low COVID-19 Transmission Rate from Mothers to Newborns
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Annex A. Credit: KK Women's and Children's Hospital A study by KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and National University Hospital (NUH) has revealed that COVID…
Enhancing Under-Skin CAR-T Cell Therapies
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T-cell stimulating biomaterial that slowly biodegrades under the skin stimulates CAR-T cells in the body to improve therapeutic efficacy in an aggressive mouse tumor model.By Benjamin Boettner(BOSTON) — CAR-T cell therapies are transforming the treatment of previously incurable blood cancers. Six …
Lockdowns Had an Impact on Gut Microbes and Allergies in Newborns, New Research Reveals
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Lockdowns imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the gut microbiome development of babies born during these periods according to new research from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Children's Health Ireland and APC Microbiome Ireland (APC), a world leading SFI Research…
Scientists Make COVID Receptor Protein in Mouse Cells
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Scientists Make COVID Receptor Protein in Mouse Cells Initially motivated to make receptor-based sensors and therapies for COVID-19, scientists develop general strategy for producing other complex proteins January 22, 2024 enlarge Scientists used fluorescence microscopy to visualize human ACE2…
Immune Cells Identified as Key Players in Brain Health
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Using novel genetic and genomic tools, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shed light on the role of immune cells called macrophages in lipid-rich tissues like the brain, advancing our understanding of Alzheimer's and other diseases. The study, published in Nature Comm…
Lineage Announces FDA Clearance of IND Amendment for OPC1 Cell Transplant for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury
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CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American and TASE: LCTX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing allogeneic cell therapies for unmet medical needs, announced today the clearance, by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), of its Inve…
How and When Immune Cells Form Pathogen Memories
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Unexpected findings have emerged about how and when certain infection-killing white blood cells decide to form memories about their encounters with a pathogen.It has been known for decades that these cells can turn themselves into durable memory cells that can survive a long time after an initial i…
Study Finds Widespread ‘Cell Cannibalism,’ Related Phenomena Across Tree of Life
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In a new review paper, Carlo Maley and Arizona State University colleagues describe cell-in-cell phenomena in which one cell engulfs and sometimes consumes another. The study shows that cases of this behavior, including cell cannibalism, are widespread across the tree of life. The findings challeng…
City of Hope Research Reveals an Immune Cell That Can Attack Cancer
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According to preclinical research published online today in Cell, one of the world’s premier scientific journals, researchers at City of Hope® have discovered that a type of immune cell in the human body known to be important for allergy and other immune responses can also attack cancer.Furthermore…