by Jovana Drinjakovic | Jun 15, 2018
Plagued by failures of early human studies from the 1990s, including the death of a patient, gene therapy is making a comeback with promising results. And it has a tiny virus to thank. After the first 2012 European gene therapy approval for a liver disease, and last...
by Stacey Johnson | Jun 1, 2018
Are you familiar with The Conversation – not to be confused with The Conversation with Amanda De Cadenet? Amanda De Cadenet is one busy lady who makes television and online shows for, and about, women. The Conversation is a not-for-profit media outlet that publishes...
by Laine Bodnar | May 18, 2018
The 2018 International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy annual conference (ISCT 2018) took place in Montreal, Quebec, from May 2 to 5. It brought together experts and leaders in cell and gene therapies, and regenerative medicine, working in roles from bench to...
by Stacey Johnson | May 11, 2018
For Canada to thrive, supporting and training our future work force and leaders is crucial. This can happen in a myriad of ways. For a group of Canadian organizations in the biotherapeutics field, this has taken the form of joining together to host training workshops...
by Stacey Johnson | May 4, 2018
Does it seem like CRISPR is everywhere these days? That’s because it is! The popular gene editing tool – Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats – is significant for its ability to edit DNA at precise locations, making it possible to correct...
by Jovana Drinjakovic | Apr 25, 2018
Miniature human brains continue to develop when hooked up to a blood supply in the mouse brain in a finding that opens up new avenues for learning how the brain forms and falls ill, while at the same time raising ethical questions. Last week, two teams reported...
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