First in man in vivo delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 targeting Transthyretin Amyloidosis
Authors: Dr Christos Georgiadis, October 2021. While this year has to most felt as though life came to a standstill,…
Vaccines for COVID-19
Author: Prof. Rafael J. Yáñez-Muñoz, Royal Holloway University of London, 30 August 2021 Vaccines are very much still a hot…
A Commentary on Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia
Authors: Miss Caitlin Dop and Dr Carly Bliss, May 2021. In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, a number of COVID-19…
See you LATER to pain
Author: Robyn Bell, Imperial College London, 19 May 2021 Chronic pain has a high prevalence globally, with estimates of 20-30%…
Addressing the challenge of informing the wider population on advances in gene and cell therapy
Author: Gerry McLachlan, 3rd March 2021 The role for the BSGCT in engaging with the public is becoming ever more…
Precision genome editing for mitochondrial DNA – Mission accomplished?
Author: Anitta Rose Chacko Technologies such as CRISPR have revolutionised precision genome editing and paved the way for treatment of…
Switching Up T Cell Therapies
Author: Katie Dale With the huge effort that’s currently being spent developing more resistant T cell therapies with new targets…
Could It Be A One-Stop Solution For The Most Common Cause Of Irreversible Blindness?
By Vered Smith Glaucoma is a condition that affects approximately 70 million people worldwide¹, –a number greater than all the…
Rebuilding the brain with stem cells: is it a no-brainer?
By Anitta Rose Chacko Most of us may have experienced feeling on edge whilst playing the classic tumbling tower game…
The Churchillian dilemma of Gene Editing
By Felicity Crawshay-Williams Before the start of World War ll in 1939, it became apparent to the Allies that the…
Skin; Lets Break It Down
By Christopher Smith Hello reader, I hope that you’re well, And that you have a few moments to dwell, To…
CRISPR-engineered T cells in patients with refractory cancer
Author: Dr Mustafa M. Munye, 6th May 2020 A recent paper from Carl June’s lab published in the journal Science¹…