| Vol. 23.19 – 6 June, 2022 |
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| Scientists outlined an approach for high-yield derivation of mesencephalic dopamine neurons that principally differed from alternative technologies by utilizing retinoic acid signaling, instead of WNT and FGF8 signaling, to specify mesencephalic fate. [Nature Communications] |
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| PUBLICATIONSRanked by the impact factor of the journal |
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| Investigators identified the autoimmune disease risk-associated locus and costimulatory molecule, CD226, as being highly expressed not only on effector T cells but also, interferon-γ producing peripheral regulatory T cells (Tregs). [Frontiers in Immunology] |
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| The authors administered approximately 20 million replication-incompetent VSV-G lentiviral particles carrying an anti-CD19CAR-2A-GFP transgene comprising either an FMC63 or 1D3 anti-CD19 binding domain, or a GFP-only control transgene, to wild-type C57BL/6 mice by tail vein infusion. [Molecular Therapy-Methods & Clinical Development] |
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| 100% of B6 RIP-diphtheria toxin receptor mice rapidly became diabetic after a single dose of diphtheria toxin, and this was reversed indefinitely after transplantation with islets from congenic C57BL/6 mice. [Scientific Reports] |
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| In vitro preservation of pluronic F127-coated alginate-encapsulated canine adipose mesenchymal stem cell-derived insulin-producing cells (IPCs) was performed to verify ready-to-use IPCs. [Scientific Reports] |
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| Researchers found that tumor microenvironment factors, such as regulatory T cells and adenosine, downregulated type I interferon receptor IFNAR1 on CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes. [Nature Cancer] |
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| Despite notable recent clinical and commercial successes, cell-based therapies continue to face numerous challenges that limit their widespread translation and commercialization. [Nature Reviews Drug Discovery] |
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| Scientists provide an overview of recent progress and current challenges of regulatory T cell-based therapies. [Journal of Genetics and Genomics] |
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| Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center will begin the recruitment and enrollment of 45 patients in the Phase I/II study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a pioneering new technology, extracorporeal photopheresis, which will be used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. [Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center (Cision US, Inc.)] |
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| Novartis announced the FDA has granted accelerated approval for Kymriah® for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy. [Novartis] |
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| The shortage of CAR-T therapy for multiple myeloma is creating a gut-wrenching dilemma for clinicians — one that they must debate each week at CAR-T myeloma programs like Yi Lin’s at the Mayo Clinic. [STAT News] |
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| After years of disappointment, gene-therapy research has undergone a renaissance, with several high-profile drug approvals and a string of promising clinical-trial results against devastating genetic diseases, including sickle-cell disease and some blood cancers. [Nature News] |
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| September 11 – 13, 2022 Lisbon, Portugal |
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| University of Cambridge – Cambridge, England, United Kingdom |
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| Human Technopole – Milan, Italy |
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| China Medical University – Shenyang, China |
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| Stem Cell Network – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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| Utrecht University – Utrecht, Netherlands |
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