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News: MIT researchers crack cheap, precise gene therapy
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Disease is on the run! An incredible advance in the realm of gene therapy has been made by top researchers in the US and Sweden. A single enzyme from a bacteria’s immune system can effectively be used to locate specific sections of DNA in a living cell. From there, entire genes can be neutralized or replaced with superior sections of DNA. Clearly, we are on the brink of gene therapy becoming a common and highly effective treatment for terrible diseases like AIDS and cancer.
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Conference: NVGCT Spring Symposium March 15 & 16, 2013
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The 2013 Spring Symposium of the Netherlands Society of Gene & Cell Therapy will be held on March 15 & 16, 2013. Venue: Congrescentrum De Werelt, Lunteren The Netherlands.
Confirmed speakers: Jörn Aldag (uniQure) & Dick van Bekkum (Cinderella therapeutics). Keynote speaker: Bobby Gaspar (UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK), Gene therapy for primary immune deficiencies.
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Poll: Future Gene Therapy Approvals |
The market approval of gene therapy product Glybera in Europe will accelerate regulatory approvals of other gene medicines. What do you think? Vote now!
1- Yes, it will be easier, or
2- No, regulatory process is still a big hurdle
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Conferences
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28 - 30 January 2013, Phacilitate 9th Annual Cell & Gene Therapy Forum 2013, Washington DC, MD |
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13 - 15 February 2013, Gene Transfer Technologies into Multicellular Eukaryotes, Vienna, Austria |
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28 February - 2 March 2013, 19th Annual Meeting German Society for Gene Therapy (DG-GT e.V.), Munich, Germany |
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15 - 16 March 2013, Spring Symposium of the Netherlands Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (NVGCT), Lunteren, The Netherlands |
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22 March 2013, French Society of Cell and Gene Therapy (SFTCG) Annual Congress 2013, Paris, France |
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17 - 19 April 2013, Annual conference of the British Society for Gene Therapy (BSGT), London, UK |
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22 April 2013, 8th Annual Conference of The Israeli Society of Gene Therapy (ISGCT), Jerusalem, Israel |
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22 - 25 April 2013, International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) 19th Annual Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand |
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5 - 10 May 2013, Gordon Research Conference: Virusses & Cells, Lucca (Barga), Italy |
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8 – 10 May 2013, 8th Australasian Gene Therapy Society Meeting (AGTS), Sydney, Australia |
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15 – 18 May 2013, American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) 16th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah |
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4 – 6 July 2013, The 19th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Gene Therapy (JSGT), Okayama, Japan |
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24 – 28 October 2013, VII Congress of the Spanish Society of Gene (SETGyC) and Cell Therapy, and XXI Congress of the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT), Madrid, Spain |
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