Cell Therapy News Volume 21.27 | Jul 27 2020

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    Cell Therapy News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 21.27 – 27 July, 2020
    TOP STORY

    Epigenetic Suppression of Transgenic T-Cell Receptor Expression via Gamma-Retroviral Vector Methylation in Adoptive Cell Transfer Therapy

    Analysis of clinical transgenic adoptive cell therapy products in vivo revealed that despite strong persistence of the transgenic T-cell receptor DNA sequence over time, its expression was profoundly decreased over time at the RNA and protein levels.
    [Cancer Discovery]

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    Virtual Conference Exhibition: Pluripotent Stem Cells
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    Attenuation of Oxidative Injury with Targeted Expression of NOX2 shRNA Prevents Onset and Maintenance of Electrical Remodeling in the Canine Atrium: A Novel Gene Therapy Approach to Atrial Fibrillation

    Using a highly novel gene therapy approach in a canine, rapid atrial pacing model of atrial fibrillation, researchers demonstrated that NADPH oxidase 2 generated oxidative injury.
    [Circulation]

    Abstract

    An Effective Vaginal Gel to Deliver CRISPR/Cas9 System Encapsulated in Poly (β-Amino Ester) Nanoparticles for Vaginal Gene Therapy

    By conducting flow cytometry of the cervical cells, scientists found that poly PBAE-GFP-NPs-mMMT gel was more efficient than PBAE-GFP-NPs-HTT gel in delivering exogenous DNA intravaginally.
    [Ebiomedicine]

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    USP10 Targeted Self-Deliverable siRNA to Prevent Scarring in the Cornea

    Investigators tested if knockdown of USP10 with a USP10-targeting sdRNA reduced scarring after wounding a rabbit cornea in vivo.
    [Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids]

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    Probucol Enhances the Therapeutic Efficiency of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction in Diabetic Rats by Prolonging their Survival Time via Nrf2 Pathway

    The authors investigated therapeutic efficiency and potential mechanism of probucol combined with mesenchymal stem cells.
    [Stem Cell Research & Therapy]

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    Intracerebral Transplantation of HLA‐Homozygous Human iPSC‐Derived Neural Precursors Ameliorates the Behavioral and Pathological Deficits in a Rodent Model of Ischemic Stroke

    Scientists investigated the therapeutic potential of neural precursor cells derived from human HLA‐homozygous induced pluripotent stem cells following intracerebral transplantation into a rodent model of middle cerebral artery occlusion.
    [Cell Proliferation]

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    Mitomycin C Treatment Improves Pancreatic Islet Graft Longevity in Intraportal Islet Transplantation by Suppressing Proinflammatory Response

    Researchers present a simple approach for islet preconditioning that uses the antibiotic mitomycin C, which has antitumor activity, to reduce islet immunogenicity and prevent proinflammatory events in an intraportal islet transplantation model.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Subarachnoid Transplantation of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell in Rodent Model with Subacute Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: Preclinical Safety and Efficacy Study

    The authors performed cellular, kinematic, physiological, and anatomical analyses, either in vitro or in vivo, to comprehensively evaluate the safety and efficacy associated with subarachnoid transplantation of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in rats with subacute incomplete spinal cord injury.
    [Experimental Cell Research]

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    Transplantation of R-GSIK Scaffold with Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improves Neuroinflammation in a Traumatic Brain Injury Model

    Investigators determined the ability of the R-GSIK scaffold in supporting the effects of mesenchymal stem cells on motor function activity and inflammatory responses in an experimental traumatic brain injury model.
    [Cell and Tissue Research]

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    New mTeSR™ Plus hPSC Maintenance Medium
    REVIEWS

    Humanized Mice Are Precious Tools for Preclinical Evaluation of CAR T and CAR NK Cell Therapies

    Researchers discuss innovative developments in the CAR T-cell therapy field that benefited from evaluation in humanized mice, illustrated by multiple examples.
    [Cancers]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Sarepta Therapeutics Receives Fast Track Designation for SRP-9001 Micro-Dystrophin Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

    Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the FDA has granted Fast Track designation to SRP-9001. SRP-9001 is an investigational gene transfer therapy intended to deliver its micro-dystrophin-encoding gene to muscle tissue for the targeted production of the micro-dystrophin protein.
    [Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.]

    Press Release

    US FDA Approves Kite’s Tecartus™, the First and Only CAR T Treatment for Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma

    Kite announced that the FDA has granted accelerated approval to Tecartus™, the first and only approved chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma.
    [Gilead Sciences, Inc.]

    Press Release

    French Science Bill Promises Boost to Public R&D

    The French government this week unveiled a draft science bill that promises to increase public research spending with an extra €25 billion over the next ten years.
    [ScienceInsider]

    Editorial

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