I think, this is very important for the whole
gene therapy community worldwide.
Not exact matches
The treatment, named Kymriah, was hailed by doctors and the life sciences
community as a major advance in medicine and a boon to children and young adults with a certain form of leukemia (the group for whom the
gene therapy is approved).
It's up to the scientific
community to maintain and enforce international codes of ethics regarding clinical research on
gene therapy techniques, the authors say.
But as new methods of genetic modification emerge, both the scientific and the sports
communities are becoming increasingly aware that
gene therapy — the insertion of
genes into an individual's cells and tissues — will make its way onto the playing field.
Several SMA treatment trials are in progress, but the
community is especially tracking a single - dose
gene therapy that, if approved, would have its own cost and treatment implications.
Still, BioViva has pressed ahead with telomerase
gene therapy, and factions within the research
community are also aiming for the same outcome of human tests, though through more conventional channels.
He will also take part in a
community conversation about
gene therapy for HIV / AIDS on the eve of the conference that is free and open to the public.
At a minimum, however, the bioprocess
community must prepare itself to meet the needs of both «pure»
gene therapies and adoptive immunotherapies in development (Figures 2 and 3).
Dr. Timothy Cripe from Nationwide Children's Hospital, joined PPMD on Wednesday, March 14 to answer some of the questions that are top of mind for our
community right now, as
gene therapy trials start.