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Dava Stewart

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Subretinal Gene Therapy Improves Vision in Patients with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Treatment with recombinant adeno-associated virus vector gene-therapy was shown to be safe and potentially effective in a small test group of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.


Ruth J Hickman, MD

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Taking Small Steps Toward an HIV Cure

Researchers have had little success in developing an HIV cure, but recent studies involving gene therapy, immune-based therapy, reactivation of the immune system, and "very early" treatment have produced promising results.


Caitlyn Fitzpatrick

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How PCSK9 Moved from Gene to Therapy and What Comes Next

It wasn't long ago that researchers first identified a piece of DNA that regulates cholesterol. This gene has been recently developed into a cholesterol-lowering agent and it's time to address where we go from here.



Christin Melton

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Updated CRYSTAL Data Support Effectiveness of Cetuximab (Erbitux) in Wild-Type KRAS Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

At the 2010 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, new data from the CRYSTAL trial identified BRAF gene mutations as a poor prognostic indicator in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) but not predictive of response to therapy.


Ronald Crystal, MD

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Ronald Crystal, MD: The Possibilities of Gene Therapy in Neurodegenerative Disease

The chairman of the Department of Genetic Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine detailed the ongoing research in developing gene therapy for patients with Alzheimer disease.


Alicia Bigica

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FDA Approves Omidubicel to Reduce Infection Risk in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies Undergoing Stem Cell Transplant

Infection rates in patients receiving omidubicel post-stem cell transplant were about 20% less than those in the control group.



Marco Meglio

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Capsida Biotherapeutics' CAP-003 Displays Properties of Disease-Modification in Preclinical Parkinson Disease Research

The noninvasive gene therapy exceeded the 30% efficacy threshold for normalizing GCase activity across all doses.


Gina Mauro

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Adjuvant Olaparib Approved for BRCA+, High-Risk Early Breast Cancer

Olaparib is now the first early-line therapy targeting BRCA-mutations in breast cancer.


Lisa Miller

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Debating the True Benefit of Adjuvant TKIs in High-Risk RCC

Adjuvant therapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitors for patients with high-risk renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who have undergone a nephrectomy may be supported by level IIa evidence from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines.


Jason Harris

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CAR T-Cell Therapy Efficacious at 10 Years in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Carl June, MD, discussed the longest-term follow-up data on CAR T-cell therapy so far.


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Bispecific CD19/CD22 CAR T Cells Active in Pediatric Relapsed ALL

Treatment with CD19/22 chimeric antigen receptor CAR T cells induced a promising response in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.


Jessica Hergert

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More Research Needed to Understand COVID-19 Vaccine Effects in CAR T Recipients

Further understanding of how COVID-19 vaccinations affect CAR T-cell therapy recipients is needed.


Wayne Kuznar

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BCMA/CD19 CAR T Shows Efficacy in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

Updated data were presented at the ASH 2022 annual meeting.


By Stanton R. Mehr

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Februrary 2008 Clinical Trial Reports

The Clinical Trials reported in this issue include: PHASE III: 1) What Factors Predict Prognosis in Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma? 2) Treatment for Patients With High-Risk Postoperative Breast Cancer PHASE II: 1) Epratuzumab Plus Rituximab Equals Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Response 2) Topotecan Added to Twice-Daily Chemoradiation to Treat Limited- Stage, Small-Cell Lung Cancer 3) First-Line Therapy for Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer 4) Radiotherapy for Nasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Therapy PHASE I/II: 1) A New Combination Approach for Advanced-Stage Germ-Cell Tumors


Maurie Markman, MD

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Targeting Non-Mutant EGFR: Genetic and Clinical Biomarkers May Help Validate Use of Inhibitors

A recent study suggests patients may be selected for therapy based on the number of EGFR gene copies, and evaluated for clinical benefit based on the severity of the rash that often develops.


Erin M. Burns, PhD, MSPH

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Gene Signatures Predict for Radiation Response in Breast Cancer

Recent studies have demonstrated that somatic mutations of ATM denote greater response to radiation therapy and that gene patterns may help predict the timing of recurrence following radiation.


Lynda Charters

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Using Polygenic Risk Score to Better Outcomes in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

Current studies are using a polygenic risk score to evaluate the risk and clinical outcomes in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).


David Hutton

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Topical Gene Therapy B-VEC Improves Vision in Compassionate Use Program

Krystal Biotech's B-VEC was well-tolerated and the treated patient experienced significant improvement in visual acuity.


Cheryl Guttman Krader, BS, Pharm

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The State of Retina Therapeutics

An international panel of experts discussed needs and challenges in the field.


Michelle Dalton, ELS

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Gene therapy for wet AMD shows promising long-term results

Three-year follow-up from the phase I/IIa trial of rAAV.sFlt-1 subretinal injection is encouraging for gene therapy for exudative age-related macular degeneration.



Lisa Stewart

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Gene therapy for choroideremia may be on horizon

Gene therapy to treat choroideremia is one step closer to reality thanks to a new study.


Ophthalmology Times Staff Reports

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Researchers Highlight Potential of Gene Editing in Inherited Retinal Diseases

Studies have demonstrated positive data that suggest in vivo gene editing will be the future treatment paradigm for retinal diseases.


Ilya Petrou, MD

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Inherited leber's congenital amaurosis gene therapy may be effective

A novel gene therapy approach for the treatment of a type of inherited retinal disease appears to be safe and effective in initial trials. Results offer hope for the treatment of a gamut of eye diseases that once were thought to be untreatable, according to one researcher.


Ralph D. Levinson, MD

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Biologic agents treat ocular inflammatory disease

Editor's Note: As defined by the FDA, the term "biologics" refers to a wide range of products that includes vaccines, blood and blood components, allergenics, somatic cells, gene therapy, tissues, and recombinant therapeutic proteins, such as monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments.


Emmett T. Cunningham Jr., MD, MPH, PhD

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Biologic agents treat ocular inflammatory disease

Editor's Note: As defined by the FDA, the term "biologics" refers to a wide range of products that includes vaccines, blood and blood components, allergenics, somatic cells, gene therapy, tissues, and recombinant therapeutic proteins, such as monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments.


James P. Dunn, MD

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Biologic agents treat ocular inflammatory disease

Editor's Note: As defined by the FDA, the term "biologics" refers to a wide range of products that includes vaccines, blood and blood components, allergenics, somatic cells, gene therapy, tissues, and recombinant therapeutic proteins, such as monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments.


James T. Rosenbaum, MD

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Biologic agents treat ocular inflammatory disease

Editor's Note: As defined by the FDA, the term "biologics" refers to a wide range of products that includes vaccines, blood and blood components, allergenics, somatic cells, gene therapy, tissues, and recombinant therapeutic proteins, such as monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments.

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