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Psychedelic acquisitions, clinical trial updates, and more led the news this week.
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Aurion Biotech's manufacturing approach to unmodified allogeneic corneal endothelial cells offers a set of hard-won lessons for a cell therapy field still working out how to get from proof-of-concept to broad patient access.
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A new platform combines engineered viral vectors with the brain's glymphatic system to improve gene delivery to glial cells implicated in multiple neurological disorders.
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KCL-286 repaired neuronal DNA damage and reduced neuroinflammation in mice, with prior Phase 1 safety data potentially accelerating its path to Alzheimer's trials.
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Pediatric brain cancer is extremely challenging to treat. Results from a Phase 1 cell therapy trial revealed encouraging long-term survival rates.News
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Data on a new oral pill for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a miss for a heart drug, a $10B acquisition of Crinetics, and more led the news this week.
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Researchers showed that an oral medication can activate worn-out T cells.
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7-methylxanthine is being reformulated into a sustained-release oral therapy aimed at improving long-term control of axial elongation in childhood myopia.
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The Synthetic Molecule Process Innovation Phorum brings together major pharma companies, regulators, and CDMOs to build consensus on pressing challenges in small molecule manufacturing.
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For the first time, researchers imaged a human protein essential to the RNA interference process and found ways to design better siRNA drugs.
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Patient advocates warn that political momentum to reduce animal testing is outpacing the scientific validation of alternative methods.
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Therapeutic cancer vaccines are being reengineered to deliver stronger immune activation and longer-lasting protection against disease recurrence.
New population-level data reveal unprecedented declines in cervical cancer among vaccinated cohorts, even as vaccination rates begin to slip in some countries.
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Born to differentiate and heal, mesenchymal stem cells carry great potential for treating a wide spectrum of diseases.
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