$5.8 million study explores gut-brain inflammation in people with HIV
Oregon Health & Science University researchers have secured a $5.8 million, five-year federal award to investigate whether damage…
Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes
A human pancreas typically contains about a billion beta cells, the primary producers of insulin. Among people with…
‘Epigenetic’ editing is here: gene-tagging technique banishes hepatitis B virus
A wave of epigenetic therapies is offering hope as ways to cure chronic hepatitis B — a lingering…
EpilepsyGTx and Viralgen collaborate to advance AAV gene therapy program for epilepsy ahead of first-in-human trial
EpilepsyGTx, a biotechnology company developing gene therapies for refractory epilepsy, and Viralgen, a leading contract development and manufacturing…
The Startup Using AI To Make Hearing Aids Better
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at Fortell’s efforts to make a better hearing aid, Abby…
New strategy combines cancer immunotherapy and gene therapy in a single nanoparticle
Cancer cells survive by hiding from the immune system’s surveillance. A KAIST research team has developed a new…
Emerging non-endocytic transmembrane delivery strategies for precision medicine
Conventional endocytosis-mediated delivery is limited by poor endosomal escape efficiency, making intracellular delivery of therapeutic biomacromolecules a long-standing…
Compact genetic switch enables targeted gene therapy for epilepsy
Epilepsy affects over 50 million people worldwide, making it one of the most common neurological disorders. Although medication…
ARPA-H invests $160 million to make custom gene editing routine
ARPA-H, the U.S.’ “moonshot” agency for health research, announced Thursday that it will spend up to $160 million…
How one father built a biotech, Grace Science, to save his daughter
Highlights Matt Wilsey has spent a decade and $70 million trying to develop a cure for his daughter…
Weill Cornell Medicine receives federal grant to study new gene therapy for Alzheimer’s disease
The National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year grant initially worth…
New gene therapy strategy uses the brain’s own glymphatic transport system for drug delivery
A new study describes a gene therapy strategy that uses the brain’s own glymphatic transport system to distribute…