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Doctors in London have become the first in the world to cure blindness in children born with a rare genetic condition using a pioneering gene therapy.

The children had leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a severe form of retinal dystrophy that causes vision loss due to a defect in the AIPL1 gene.

After treatment, four children can now see shapes, find toys, recognise their parents’ faces, and in some cases, even read and write.

#science #medicine #GeneTherapy

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The Guardian · Doctors in London cure blindness in children with rare conditionBy Andrew Gregory

I always love learning about new plasmid technologies (maybe I am biased from my Addgene days). Researchers from the University of Rochester developed a dual AAV vector system called StitchR that can deliver plasmids containing gene fragments that can be subsequently cut out and assembled into a functional gene. This helps overcome the small packaging capacity of AAVs.

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Drug Discover NewsDrug Discovery News, Development & Diagnostics Articles | DDN MagazineToward an AAV gene therapy to treat muscular dystrophiesNew dual AAV vector delivery overcomes challenges in delivering large genes.

🚨 Hope for those with disease! 🎉

A potential functional cure for people in living with has been approved for use in the .

It is a form of one-time , & researchers are having a success rate of 96.6% in patients who received the treatment.

It is for those (about 4000 people in the ) who are eligible for a stem cell transplant, but have no match. 🙏

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$mgtx is currently my biggest single shareholding in my portfolio. Its Phase 3 data on XLRP should come out real soon now. I really love its overall company profile. And the drug really is saving a patient's life. Both Sanofi and JnJ are it's big shareholders. This is very rare.

I will not give my detailed due diligence result here. But this gene therapy company is something you want to follow or even invest.

DATE: December 18, 2024 at 07:30AM
SOURCE: BioWorld MedTech

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Experimental mRNA gene therapy suppresses preeclampsia in mice

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t.coExperimental mRNA gene therapy suppresses preeclampsia in miceBy Mar de Miguel