Gene Therapy
IIT Kanpur licenses gene therapy technology to Reliance Life Sciences
The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur on Friday said it has licensed a gene therapy technology that has the potential to treat many hereditary eye diseases to Reliance Life Sciences Pvt Ltd. The gene therapy technology from IIT Kanpur will be further developed as an indigenous product by Reliance Life Sciences. Developed by Jayandharan Giridhara Rao and Shubham Maurya from the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (BSBE), IIT Kanpur, the patented technology modifies the gene of an organism to treat a hereditary disorder, the institute said in a statement. "Gene therapy using viral vectors has recently emerged as a potent tool in the field of molecular medicine. "We believe that this technology holds great promise for treating a wide range of hereditary eye diseases including Leber congenital amaurosis, an eye disorder that is present from birth and Retinitis pigmentosa, a disease causing progressive sustained vision loss," IIT Kanpur Director Abhay Karandikar ...
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World's most expensive drug approved to treat Hemophilia at $3.5 mn a dose
CSL Behring's Hemgenix, administered just once, cut the number of bleeding events expected over the course of a year by 54%, a key study of the therapy found
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Gene therapy to cure leukemia at one-tenth global costs in the works
ImmunoACT, backed by Laurus Labs is testing their cancer product
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Gene therapy using 'zinc fingers' may help treat Alzheimer's disease: Study
Researchers used a genetic engineering strategy to reduce levels of tau--a key protein that accumulates and tangles in brain during the development of Alzheimer's--in an animal model of the condition
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Gene therapy to conquering hepatitis C: A decade of medical breakthroughs
Putting aside prices for a moment, it's been an exciting period for medical progress
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Novartis replaces top scientists at Avexis unit over drug data manipulation
The Swiss drugmaker said last week that it was in the process of 'exiting' the Avexis scientists responsible for the manipulation of data on gene therapy Zolgensma
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Therapy to treat blindness may become reality soon
The approval of Spark Therapeutics Inc's Luxturna therapy would pave the way for new payment models for drugs, particularly in the US
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In a first, gene therapy halts a fatal brain disease
The key to making the therapy work? One of medicine's greatest villains: HIV
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