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Laurus Labs, IIT-Kanpur to collaborate for novel gene therapy

The drug manufacturer will also fund the clinical trials and launch the products in India and emerging markets. Additionally, it will establish a GMP (good manufacturing practice) facility at the Techno Park facility of IIT-K, Laurus said on Monday.

The Hindu

Gene therapy could be used as birth control for cats, small study suggests

A new study shows that gene therapy could be an effective form of birth control for cats.

LiveScience

This Cutting-Edge Gene Therapy Could Revolutionize Birth Control — But It's Not for Humans

A new gene therapy that modifies the production of a hormone in cats could make spaying wild cats far easier.

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This Humble Virus Could Revolutionize How We Treat Genetic Diseases

A new type of gene therapy could be cheaper, safer, and more efficient at treating diseases like muscular dystrophy and sickle cell disease.

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Sarepta Therapeutics Dives On An Unexpected Holdup For Its Gene Therapy

The FDA pushed back its review of a highly anticipated gene therapy from Sarepta Therapeutics on Wednesday, prompting SRPT stock to tumble.

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New gene therapy gel is the 1st approved treatment for rare and painful 'butterfly disease'

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a gene therapy for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, also known as butterfly disease.

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Gene Therapy is Upending How Doctors Treat Incurable Conditions

Gene therapy has helped doctors make major strides in treating inherited blindness, and it's now being explored for other conditions.

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FDA Group Backs Gene Therapy to Fight Degenerative Disease

A promising gene therapy got welcome news from regulators.

The Street

Sarepta Therapeutics Stock Skyrockets On FDA Surprise

A promising gene therapy got welcome news from regulators.

The Street

Sarepta Stock Catapults Higher After Eking Out A Narrow Win In Its Gene Therapy Battle

Shares of SRPT stock launched Monday after FDA advisors voted late Friday in support of a highly anticipated gene therapy from Sarepta.

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Gene therapy helps combat some forms of blindness – and ongoing clinical trials are looking to extend these treatments to other diseases

An estimated 295 million people suffer from visual impairment globally. Around 43 million of those people are living with blindness. While not every form of blindness can be cured, recent scientific breakthroughs have uncovered new ways to treat some forms of inherited blindness through gene therapy.

The Conversation

'People say we are playing God changing our daughter's genetics - but it saved her'

Nicola Kelleher's partner Bradley Benjamin has a hereditary kidney disease which has seen him suffer on dialysis for years - and they didn't want the same outcome for their child

Daily Mirror

Gene therapy for muscular dystrophy stirs hopes and controversy

The FDA is considering greenlighting the experimental treatment under its accelerated approvals program. Some critics point out the therapy isn't yet proven to work and may be costly.

WEKU

Genetic therapy can lower tau protein which causes Alzheimer's disease: Study

A world-first trial at UCL and UCLH has found a new gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease that is able to safely lower levels of the harmful tau protein known to cause the disease. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Sarepta Tumbles As Report Of Internal FDA Strife Scorches Its Gene Therapy

Several FDA staffers were leaning toward rejecting a highly watched gene therapy from Sareptas, according to a report Thursday.

LiveScience

Gene therapy: Everything you need to know about the DNA-tweaking treatments

Gene therapies treat or prevent disease by tweaking the content or expression of cells' DNA.

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Sarepta Crashes On An Unexpected Roadblock For Its Gene Therapy

In a surprise decision, the FDA will hold an advisory committee to discuss Sarepta's gene therapy, and SRPT stock tanked Friday.

Daily Mirror

'Miracle cure' for spinal disorder rolled out on NHS - but babies still face paralysis

A cure for a deadly spinal disorder will be given out on the NHS after pioneering gene therapy costing £1.8million was approved today for infants before symptoms begin

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'Gene therapy found to wind hearts BACK 10 years and protect people from ageing'

Scientists in Bristol have experimented with the therapy on mice and found it effectively rewound their hearts by the equivalent of 10 human years - soon they hope to use it on heart failure patients

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Sarepta Rockets And Breaks Out As FDA Smooths The Path For Its Gene Therapy

Sarepta could snag an accelerated approval for its muscular dystrophy gene therapy, analysts suggested Wednesday as SRPT stock rocketed.

The Independent UK

Heartbreak as one sibling saved using miracle drug, but older sister not eligible for treatment

Teddi Shaw suffers from deadly metachromatic leukodystrophy and had her stem cells removed and the faulty genes replaced

Manchester Evening News

Little girl's life saved in Manchester by new gene therapy treatment in UK first

'Without this treatment, we would be facing both our children being taken away'

Chronicle Live

Shilbottle toddler becomes first child in UK to receive revolutionary gene therapy for fatal disorder

Teddi Shaw, from Shilbottle, suffers from metachromatic leukodystrophy but has been given the chance of a normal life

Wales Online

Toddler Teddi is first child in UK to receive revolutionary gene therapy

Young Teddi Shaw will have a normal life thanks to one of the world’s most expensive drugs, but sadly her older sister was too far advanced in her illness to benefit from the treatment

Daily Mirror

'Miracle' gene therapy treatment cures baby facing death - but comes too late for sister

Little Teddi Shaw has become the first NHS patient to receive the treatment for metachromatic leukodystrophy. The 19-month-old was diagnosed with MLD last April

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