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CHENGDU, China — Kicking off the New Year with remarkable achievements, Chengdu-based WestGene made a significant impact at the 3rd mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit in Berlin, Germany. Renowned for her pivotal role in mRNA research, Dr. Xiangrong Song, co-founder and CEO of WestGene, presented the latest advances in the company’s oncology...
Gene-targeted therapies have the potential to revolutionize medicine through treatments that modify or replace disease-causing genes with healthy variants. Gene therapy commonly involves using a modified virus to deliver the healthy genes into a patient’s cells. Once there, the new genetic material instructs the cell to produce the missing or...
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Nintendo Wii may help treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, including depression, a Medical College of Georgia researcher says. Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disease that impairs motor skills. Dr. Herz theorized that the popular computer game console, which simulates various sports and activities, could improve coordination,...
PHILADELPHIA, PA — The Wistar Institute’s David B. Weiner, Ph.D., executive vice president, director of the Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center (VIC) and W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Distinguished Professor in Cancer Research, and collaborators, have engineered novel monoclonal antibodies that engage Natural Killer cells through a unique surface receptor that activates...
Shangai, China and TEL AVIV, Israel and ATHENS, Greece and ZURICH, Switzerland — The World Orphan Drug Alliance (WODA), a global alliance of commercial distributors dedicated to providing access to treatments for rare diseases and specialty medicines in complex markets around the world, has expanded its reach to include the...
The Cayman Islands joins the United Nations in observing the first annual Sickle Cell Disease World Day on Friday, 19 June. The worldwide event will raise awareness of the disease, and follows a United Nations General Assembly resolution adopted in December 2008 that recognizes sickle cell disease as a public...