Cell Therapy News Volume 23.23 | Jul 4 2022

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    Oligoclonal T Cell Expansion in a Patient with Bone Marrow Failure after CD19 CAR-T for Richter Transformed DLBCL

    Scientists presented a case of bone marrow failure in a 57-year old man with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL)-type Richter transformation receiving tisagenlecleucel in a standard-of-care setting.
    [Blood]

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    Performance of Islets of Langerhans Conformally Coated via an Emulsion Cross-Linking Method in Diabetic Rodents and Nonhuman Primates

    The authors developed and validated an augmented conformal coating (CC) method that achieved hydrogel CCs around islets at physiological pH for improved cytocompatibility, with PEG hydrogels for increased biocompatibility and with fivefold increase in encapsulation throughput for enhanced scalability.
    [Science Advances]

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    A Pilot Clinical Trial of Cell Therapy in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

    Scientists investigated the effects of CD34+ cell therapy in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
    [European Journal of Heart Failure]

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    An Optimized Ionizable Cationic Lipid for Brain Tumor-Targeted siRNA Delivery and Glioblastoma Immunotherapy

    A new cationic lipid nanoparticle that could efficiently deliver siRNA across blood-brain barrier and target mouse brain was prepared for modulating the tumor microenvironment for glioblastoma multiforme immunotherapy.
    [Biomaterials]

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    Corneal Fibrosis Abrogation by a Localized AAV Mediated Inhibitor of Differentiation 3 (Id3) Gene Therapy in Rabbit Eyes In Vivo

    Researchers evaluated the potential of adeno-associated virus 5 (AAV5)-mediated Id3 gene therapy to treat corneal scarring using an established rabbit in vivo disease model.
    [Molecular Therapy]

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    Comparison of Autologous and Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Strategies in Patients with Primary Plasma Cell Leukemia, with Dynamic Prediction Modeling

    Investigators undertook a retrospective analysis from 1998-2014 of 751 patients with primary plasma cell leukaemi undergoing one of four transplant strategies; single autologous (auto) transplant, single allogeneic (allo) transplant, or a combined tandem transplant either auto-allo or auto-auto.
    [Haematologica]

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    Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy for COVID-19-Induced ARDS Patients: A Successful Phase I, Control-Placebo Group, Clinical Trial

    The authors demonstrated that multiple intravenous transplantations of allogenic umbilical cord-derived-mesenchymal stromal cells in non-severe COVID-19-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients are a safe procedure.
    [Stem Cell Research & Therapy]

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    Evaluation of Chimeric Antigen Receptor of Humanized Rabbit-Derived T Cell Receptor-Like Antibody

    Scientists reported the generation of CAR-T cells using humanized rabbit-derived TCR-like antibodies. The CAR-T cells specifically recognized BRLF1p/MHC molecules and lysed the target cells in an antigen-specific manner in vitro and demonstrated anti-tumor activity in a mouse xenograft model.
    [Cancer Science]

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    Outcome of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation (CBT) for Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Patients Achieving First Complete Remission after One versus Two Induction Courses: A Study From the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)

    Researchers compared transplantation outcomes of adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia that underwent CBT in CR1 following 1 versus 2 induction courses.
    [Bone Marrow Transplantation]

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    Impact on Outcomes of Mixed Chimerism of Bone Marrow CD34+ Sorted Cells after Matched or Haploidentical Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation for Myeloid Malignancies

    An investigation of donor/recipient chimerism in the population of bone CD34+ sorted cells was performed in 261 allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients with myeloid malignancies.
    [Bone Marrow Transplantation]

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    MicroRNA-206 Down-Regulated Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Alleviate Cognitive Decline in D-Galactose-Induced Aging Mice

    After daily subcutaneous injection of D-gal (500 mg/kg/d) for 8 weeks, 17-week-old male C57BL/6 J mice were stem cells transplanted by lateral ventricular localization injection.
    [Cell Death Discovery]

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    EGF/bFGF Promotes Survival, Migration and Differentiation into Neurons of GFP-Labeled Rhesus Monkey Neural Stem Cells Xenografted into the Rat Brain

    Neural stem cells derived from rhesus monkey embryonic stem cells were resuspended in medium with or without epidermal growth factor (EGF)/basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and xenotransplanted into rat striatum.
    [Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications]

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    REVIEWS

    Immunotherapy Approaches for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    The authors summarize the key steps in the development of immunotherapies for mesothelioma, focusing on strategies that have led to randomized clinical evaluation and emerging predictors of response.
    [Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology]

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    Gene Therapy Clinical Trials, Where Do We Go? An Overview

    Following a brief history of gene therapy, scientists review current gene therapy products as well as gene therapies that may be approved in the near future.
    [Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    BioRestorative Therapies Announces First Patient Enrolled for the Company’s Phase II Clinical Trial to Treat Chronic Lumbar Disc Disease (cLDD)

    BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the company’s Phase II clinical trial evaluating the safety and preliminary efficacy of BRTX-100, an autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell targeting chronic lumbar disc disease.
    [BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. (GlobeNewswire, Inc.)]

    Press Release

    Enzyvant Receives 2022 Rare Impact Industry Innovation Award from the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) for Novel, Tissue-Based Therapy to Treat Ultra-Rare, Life-Threatening Pediatric Condition

    Enzyvant announced today it is among the National Organization for Rare Disorders 2022 Industry Innovation Awards recipients for the development and FDA approval of RETHYMIC®, a one-time regenerative tissue-based therapy for pediatric congenital athymia.
    [Enzyvant (GlobeNewswire, Inc.)]

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