Cell Therapy News Volume 25.03 | Jan 29 2024

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    2024-01-29 | CTN 25.03


    Cell Therapy News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 25.03 – 29 January, 2024
    TOP STORY

    RNA Origami Functions as a Self-Adjuvanted Nanovaccine Platform for Cancer Immunotherapy

    Scientists demonstrated that the assembled RNA-OG-peptide nanovaccines induced dendritic cell maturation, reduced tumor-mediated immunosuppression, and mobilized tumor-specific CD8+ T cell responses at the tumor site.
    [ACS Nano]

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    LNP-RNA-Engineered Adipose Stem Cells for Accelerated Diabetic Wound Healing

    The authors conceived a series of lipid nanoparticles to reprogram adipose stem cells with durable protein secretion capacity for enhanced tissue engineering and regeneration.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Prophylactic and Long-Lasting Efficacy of Senolytic CAR T Cells against Age-Related Metabolic Dysfunction

    Researchers showed that urokinase plasminogen activator receptor-positive senescent cells accumulated during aging and that they could be safely targeted with senolytic CAR T cells.
    [Nature Aging]

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    3D Stem Cell Spheroids with 2D Hetero-Nanostructures for In Vivo Osteogenic and Immunologic Modulated Bone Repair

    Investigators developed functional 3D spheroids using mesenchymal stem cells with 2D hetero-nanostructures composed of single-stranded DNA binding carbon nanotubes and gelatin-bind black phosphorus nanosheets.
    [Advanced Healthcare Materials]

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    ADSCs Labeled with SPIONs Tracked in Corpus Cavernosum of Rat and Miniature Pig by MR Imaging and Histological Examination

    Scientists explored the feasibility of non-invasively monitoring intracavernous injection of adipose tissue-derived stem cells in rat and miniature pig corpus cavernosum using in vivo magnetic resonance imaging.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Periapical Bacterial Disinfection Is Critical for Dental Pulp Regenerative Cell Therapy in Apical Periodontitis in Dogs

    Scientists examined the effect of residual bacteria on the outcome of pulp regeneration in mature teeth with apical periodontitis in dogs.
    [Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy]

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    In Vivo Vascularization Chamber for the Implantation of Embryonic Kidneys

    Researchers developed an implantable device that could be prevascularized to enable vascularization of tissues in small rodents, and tested its application on the vascularization of embryonic kidneys.
    [Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods]

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    HLA-Haploidentical T-Cell Receptor αβT/B-Cell-Depleted Stem Cell Transplantation for Fanconi Anemia

    αβT/B-depleted peripheral blood stem cells were infused following conditioning consisting of fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, anti-thymocyte globulin, rituximab, and thoraco-abdominal irradiation.
    [Hematology]

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    REVIEWS

    Strategies to Reduce the Risks of mRNA Drug and Vaccine Toxicity

    The authors discuss concerns, specifically how cell tropism and tissue distribution of mRNA and lipid nanoparticles can lead to toxicity, and their possible reactogenicity.
    [Nature Reviews Drug Discovery]

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    New Immune Cell Engagers for Cancer Immunotherapy

    Agents designed to engage the antitumour activities of other immune cells, including natural killer cells and myeloid cells, are showing promise and have the potential to treat a broader range of cancers.
    [Nature Reviews Immunology]

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    Engineering Approaches for RNA-Based and Cell-Based Osteoarthritis Therapies

    Investigators highlight emerging classes of RNA-based technologies that hold potential for osteoarthritis therapies, including small interfering RNA for gene silencing, microRNA and anti-microRNA for multi-gene regulation, mRNA for gene supplementation, and RNA-guided gene-editing platforms.
    [Nature Reviews Rheumatology]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Bristol Myers Squibb Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for CAR T Cell Therapy Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel) in Earlier Lines of Therapy for Triple-Class Exposed Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma

    Bristol Myers Squibb announced the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended marketing authorization approval of Abecma® for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least two prior therapies.
    [Bristol Myers Squibb]

    Press Release

    FDA Warns of Secondary Cancer Risk Tied to CAR-T Therapies That Treat Cancer

    The US FDA has issued a new warning about the possible risk of secondary cancers in cancer patients who have been treated with a form of immunotherapy called chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, or CAR-T cell, therapy.
    [CNN]

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