by David Kent | Aug 22, 2023
As an academic researcher in the blood stem cell field for the last 20 years, I’ve been involved in a large number of interdisciplinary collaborations and, more recently, a series of industry partnerships. There is no doubt in my mind that cell and gene therapy is one...
by Cal Strode | Aug 17, 2022
Launched in June of 2015, ExCellThera is a clinical-stage biotechnology company making strides in developing robust and cost-effective processes for growing blood stem cells for therapeutic use, backed by award-winning proprietary technology. The company was founded...
by David Kent | May 21, 2020
Over the past four weeks, I’ve discussed numerous aspects of gene therapy in an attempt to convey my excitement for this field moving forward. The convergence of numerous advances in basic biology (as described here and here) and clinical trials (as explained here and...
by David Kent | May 14, 2020
The second post in this series on gene therapy and blood stem cells might give readers a small sense of the absolutely enormous research investment (time, money, people, etc.) required to find a way to expand blood stem cells for therapeutic purposes. Ever since the...
by David Kent | May 6, 2020
As mentioned in the introductory post to this series on blood stem cell gene therapy, several significant issues existed with the first set of clinical trials in the gene therapy world. It became abundantly clear that simply delivering the gene target on its own would...
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