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Intellia Therapeutics and Novartis Expand Cell Therapy Collaboration to Pursue CRISPR/Cas9-based Genome Editing in Additional Stem Cell Population
americanpharmaceuticalreview
December 10, 2018
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc., a genome editing company focused on developing curative therapeutics using CRISPR/Cas9 technology both in vivo and ex vivo.....
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CRISPR and MaxCyte sign licensing deal for cancer therapies
pharmaceutical-technology
November 13, 2018
Swiss gene editing firm CRISPR Therapeutics has signed a non-exclusive commercial licence agreement with US-based drug maker MaxCyte for the development of new immuno-oncology therapies.
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Intellia’s clinical head moves to CRISPR-focused Casebia to be its first CMO
fiercebiotech
November 02, 2018
Intellia Therapeutics’ head of clinical development, Adel Nada, M.D., has left the gene-editing hopeful to serve as the first chief medical officer of Casebia Therapeutics, a joint venture launched by ...
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FDA lifts clinical hold on gene therapy for sickle cell disease
biospectrum
October 12, 2018
CRISPR and Vertex entered into a strategic research collaboration in 2015 aimed at the discovery and development of gene editing treatments using the CRISPR/Cas9 technology to correct defects in specific gene targets known to cause or contribute to partic
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Researchers eliminate mosquito population through CRISPR gene editing technology
pharmafile
September 29, 2018
Researchers at Imperial College London have been able to wipe out a population of mosquitoes through ‘gene drive’ technology...
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DNA islands effective as 'anti-bacterial drones'
worldpharmanews
September 26, 2018
Genomic "islands" that evolved from viruses can be converted into "drones" that disable Staphylococcus aureus...
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CRISPR, ViaCyte team up to develop stem cell therapies for diabetes
pharmaceutical-technology
September 20, 2018
Swiss gene editing company CRISPR Therapeutics and US-based regenerative medicine firm ViaCyte have formed a strategic alliance to discover, develop and commercialise stem cell therapies for diabetes patients.
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Merck receives Australian CRISPR Nickase Patent
biospectrumasia
August 17, 2018
In addition to allowing a patent application on paired nickases, the Australian Patent Office recently announced the formal grant of Merck's 2017 CRISPR integration patent, following withdrawal of four independent, anonymously filed oppositions.
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Oxford Genetics signs major supply and licensing agreement for CRISPR engineered mammalian cell lines
biospectrumasia
August 14, 2018
Company moves away from manual processing in favour of automated, scalable platforms.
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Controlling CRISPR and gene therapy with an amino acid switch
fiercebiotech
July 09, 2018
Gene editing and gene therapy have a range of potential applications, from editing out disease-causing mutations to treating spinal cord injuries.