Cell Therapy News Volume 23.24 | Jul 11 2022

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    Vol. 23.24 – 11 July, 2022
    TOP STORY

    Transplanted Organoids Empower Human Preclinical Assessment of Drug Candidate for the Clinic

    The authors developed a novel approach for pharmacodynamic studies using transplanted, perfused human kidney organoids.
    [Science Advances]

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    Survey results on the needs and challenges in the human pluripotent stem cell field
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    Donor Genetic Determinant of Thymopoiesis rs2204985 Impacts Clinical Outcome after Single HLA Mismatched Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

    Scientists investigated the potential impact of donor rs2204985 genotype on patient’s outcome after unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
    [Bone Marrow Transplantation]

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    Efficacy of HSV-TK/GCV System Suicide Gene Therapy Using Stem Cells from Human Exfoliated Deciduous Teeth Expressing Modified HSV-TK against Brain Metastasis of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    The authors described stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth as gene vehicles of the thymidine kinase (TK)/ganciclovir (GCV) system against a brain metastasis model of non-small-cell lung cancer.
    [Molecular Therapy-Methods & Clinical Development]

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    The Metabolic Profile of Reconstituting T Cells, NK Cells, and Monocytes Following Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation and Its Impact on Outcome

    Since immune cell metabolism and function are closely interconnected, researchers used flow-cytometry techniques to analyze key components and functions of the metabolic machinery in reconstituting immune cells upon high-dose chemotherapy/autologous stem cell transplantation.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    The Metabolic Profile of Reconstituting T Cells, NK Cells, and Monocytes Following Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation and Its Impact on Outcome

    Since immune cell metabolism and function are closely interconnected, scientists used flow-cytometry techniques to analyze key components and functions of the metabolic machinery in reconstituting immune cells upon high-dose chemotherapy/autologous stem cell transplantation.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Vascular Injury of Immature Epiphyses Impair Stem Cell Engraftment in Cartilage Defects

    Researchers investigated if vascular injury in immature epiphyses affected cartilage repair outcomes of matrix-associated stem cell implants.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Higher Risk for Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease (GvHD) in HLA-G Mismatched Transplants Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation – a Retrospective Study

    Scientists found that the riskof chronic graft-versus-host-disease was significantly higher in HLA-G mismatched transplant cases as compared to the HLA-G matched control group.
    [HLA]

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    Intravenous Transplantation of Amnion-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promotes Functional Recovery and Alleviates Intestinal Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury

    Human amnion-derived mesenchymal stem cells were intravenously transplanted one day after a rat model of midthoracic spinal cord injury.
    [PLoS One]

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    Novel Immunosuppressive Effect of FK506 by Upregulation of PD-L1 via FKBP51 in Heart Transplantation

    In a murine heart transplantation model, scientists observed the upregulation of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression by FK506 in both dendritic cells and allografts.
    [Scandinavian Journal of Immunology]

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    Therapeutic Effect of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (AD-MSCs) Compared to Pirfenidone on Corticosteroid Resistance in a Mouse Model of Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Researchers assessed the therapeutic effects of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells on corticosteroid resistance in an animal model of acute exacerbation-idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis caused by bleomycin compared to pirfenidone.
    [Histology and Histopathology]

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    REVIEWS

    Therapeutic In Vivo Delivery of Gene Editing Agents

    The authors review current delivery technologies that have been used to enable therapeutic in vivo gene editing, including viral vectors, lipid nanoparticles, and virus-like particles.
    [Cell]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Mogrify and Astellas Announce Collaboration to Conduct Research on In Vivo Regenerative Medicine Approaches to Address Sensorineural Hearing Loss

    Mogrify Limited and Astellas Pharma, Inc. announced that they have executed a collaborative research agreement on in vivo regenerative medicine approaches to address sensorineural hearing loss.
    [Mogrify Limited]

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    Vertex Announces FDA Has Lifted the Clinical Hold on VX-880 Phase I/II Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced that the US FDA has lifted the clinical hold placed on the Phase I/II clinical trial of VX-880, an investigational stem cell-derived, fully differentiated pancreatic islet cell replacement therapy for people with type 1 diabetes with impaired hypoglycemic awareness and severe hypoglycemia.
    [Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated]

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