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13 Jun 2017

Promise of Gene Therapy Being Realized?

By Jay Goth

Gene therapy has finally made it over the hump. After decades of research and some devastating setbacks, major technical hurdles have been overcome, opening up the long-anticipated promise of this field. A new approval has buoyed interest, pipelines are bubbling with new candidates and big investments are being made.

News about promising gene therapies in the clinic is sprouting up all the time. Scientific challenges remain considerable, though, and pricing will clearly be one of the biggest hurdles for gene therapies going forward.

“Today’s challenges are all around building a viable business model”

— Geoff MacKay, President and CEO of AvroBio

For the complete article at BioPharma Dive, click here.

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08 Mar 2017

Genes in Fat Cells May Contribute to Dangerous Diseases

By Jay Goth

A sweeping international effort is connecting the dots between genes in our fat cells and our risk for obesity and cardiometabolic diseases such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. The researchers have identified approximately 90 genes found in fat that could play important roles in such diseases – and could be targeted to develop new treatments or cures.

“Genetic factors do not work in isolation – they work in a holistic way, so I think that these kind of studies that we are publishing are key to understanding what’s happening in human populations.”

— Mete Civelek of the University of Virginia School of Medicine
Read the entire article at Science Blog

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