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Adverum Biotechnologies Doses First Patient in Cohort 4 of OPTIC Phase I Clinical Trial of ADVM-022 Intravitreal Gene Therapy for Wet AMD

[Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.] Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. announced that the first patient was dosed in Cohort 4 of the ongoing OPTIC Phase I clinical trial for ADVM-022 for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Open Science Takes On the Coronavirus Pandemic

[Nature Technology Feature] When reports emerged in late 2019 of an outbreak of a new coronavirus centred in Wuhan, China, researchers at the virological-analysis website Nextstrain were ready. The open-source project tracks the spread of viruses through genetic variations in the sequences that scientists find.

Director of US Agency Key to Vaccine Development Leaves Role Suddenly Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

[STAT News] Rick Bright, one of the nation’s leading vaccine development experts and the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, is no longer leading the organization.

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CAR Affinity Modulates the Sensitivity of CAR-T Cells to PD-1/PD-L1-Mediated Inhibition

[Nature Communications] The authors interrogated CAR-T cells targeting HER2 with either low or high affinity in various preclinical models.

Emx2 Underlies the Development and Evolution of Marsupial Gliding Membranes

[Nature] By combining epigenomics, transcriptomics and in-pouch marsupial transgenics, scientists showed that Emx2 was a critical upstream regulator of patagium development.

Designing Biomimetic 3D-Printed Osteochondral Scaffolds for Enhanced Load-Bearing Capacity

[Tissue Engineering Part A] Cmputational simulations revealed that interfacial fibrils within a bilayer alter osteochondral scaffold deformation patterns by redirecting load-induced stresses toward the top of the cartilage layer.