Yoltech Therapeutics Co. Ltd. has advanced YOLT-204 into the clinic for the treatment of transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT). If successful, YOLT-204 may provide an off-the-shelf curative treatment for TDT patients without conditioning chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Arbor Biotechnologies Inc. has gained IND clearance from the FDA for ABO-101, a novel gene editing therapeutic designed to address primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1). A phase I/II study in adult and pediatric patients with PH1 is expected to begin in the first half of 2025.
Researchers from Proqr Therapeutics NV recently presented preclinical data on AX-0810, a single-stranded RNA editing oligonucleotide (EON) targeting RNA coding for NTCP cotransporter
Precision Biosciences Inc. has submitted its first clinical trial applications (CTAs) to initiate a phase I study evaluating PBGENE-HBV, an in vivo gene editing program designed to potentially cure chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV).
Metagenomi Inc. has reported data from an ongoing preclinical study designed to provide evidence supporting the potential durability and safety of the company’s hemophilia A gene editing investigational therapy, MGX-001.
New single-step genome editing techniques that enable the insertion, inversion or deletion of long DNA sequences at specified genome positions have been demonstrated in bacteria.
New single-step genome editing techniques that enable the insertion, inversion or deletion of long DNA sequences at specified genome positions have been demonstrated in bacteria.
New single-step genome editing techniques that enable the insertion, inversion or deletion of long DNA sequences at specified genome positions have been demonstrated in bacteria. The advance opens the door to the development of programmable methods for rearranging DNA, using recombinase enzymes guided by RNA. The two different approaches to using insertion sequences (IS) – some of the simplest and most compact mobile genetic elements – are described in two papers published in Nature and Nature Communications.
The persistence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) covalently closed-circular DNA (cccDNA) and integration of HBV DNA into the hepatocytes lead to chronic HBV infection. Current therapies achieve long-term viral suppression but, as HBV cccDNA is not eradicated, lifelong treatment is needed.
Beam Therapeutics Inc. has offered a progress update on its genetic disease franchise. BEAM-302, the company’s priority genetic disease program, is a potential treatment for α1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD).
