News: Promising Results on Gene Therapy for Congestive Heart Failure San Diego-based Renova Therapeutics reported that its RT-100 gene therapy treatment for patients with reduced left-ventricular ejection fraction congestive heart failure (CHF) is proving safe and effective. The treatment involves delivering a therapeutic gene encoding adenylyl clyclase type 6 (AC6) directly into the heart via a modified adenovirus. It is a single-dose procedure done in an outpatient setting. Reporting on the results of a multi-center, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial, company co-founder Kirk Hammond, MD, said the therapy showed a strong safety profile and clear dose response. The study assessed the safety of various doses of RT-100 in people with CHF. Read more... Members Discount: Download files and save up to 33% Gene Therapy Net members can download interesting files and receive serious discounts. For example, download all questions, answers and explanation of the Gene Therapy Multiple Choice Quiz, including basic, intermediate and advanced difficulty level. The Word file is ideal study material! You can also download the high resolution jpg image as well as the original powerpoint file of the figure: A comparison of different viral vectors in use for gene therapy: overview of their advantages and disadvantages. The powerpoint file can be used in your own presentations or for educational purposes. Read more... - 17 – 20 September 2015, XXIII Congress of the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT) and the Finnish Society of Gene Therapy, Helsinki, Finland - 29 – 30 September 2015, Cell & Gene Therapy Europe, Barcelona, Spain - 9 – 10 October 2015, Second International Conference on In Utero Transplantation & Fetal Gene Therapy, London, UK - 12 – 13 October 2015, 3rd Cancer Vaccines and Gene Therapy Meeting, Malvern, PA - 4 – 6 November 2015, 8th Congress of the Spanish Society of Gene (SETGyC) and Cell Therapy, San Sebastian, Spain - 4 – 6 November 2015, ATMP 2015 - Issues and Challenges from Bench to Bedsite, Tutzing, Germany - 5 – 6 November 2015, Genome on demand? Exploring the implications of human genome editing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 18 – 20 November 2015, 14th Annual Gene Therapy Symposium for Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases, Sonoma, CA - 2 – 3 December 2015, Cell Therapy Manufacturing & Gene Therapy Congress, Brussels, Belgium - 9 - 11 March 2016, French Society of Cell and Gene Therapy (SFTCG) Annual Congress, Marseille, France - 4 - 7 May 2016, American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) 19th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC - 25 – 26 July 2016, XIV International Conference on Cell and Gene Therapy, Paris, France - 28 – 30 July 2016, The 22th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Gene Therapy (JSGT), Venue to be determined, Japan - 18 – 21 October 2016, XXIV Congress of the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT) and the International Society for Stem Cell Research, Florence, Italy Read more...

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