'Massive congratulations to Jyoti Yadav who beat off tough competition to become the Winner of the BSGCT 2026 Scientific Writing Competition with a wonderfully insightful piece on T cell engineering’. Jyoti Yadav, winner of the BSGCT Scientific Writing competition 2026 describing…
'Huge congratulations to Jasmine Ardeleanu, runner up of the BSGCT Scientific Writing competition 2026 describing ‘Born Without an Immune System: How Gene Therapy Is Rebuilding Defence From The Inside Out'. Jasmine Ardeleanu - Born Without an Immune System: How Gene…
‘Huge congratulations to Francisca Wetimane, runner up of the BSGCT Scientific Writing competition 2026 describing ‘Rewriting the Code of Life: How Gene Editing is Curing Sickle Cell Disease’ Francisca Wetimane - Rewriting the Code of Life: How Gene Editing is Curing…
‘Huge congratulations to Asiya Fatima, runner up of the BSGCT Scientific Writing competition 2026 describing ‘Why timing decides the fate of babies with SMA’ Asiya Fatima - Why Timing Decides the Fate of Babies with SMA "I am an MSc graduate in Stem Cells…
WINNER Jyoti Yadav - Teaching Our Own Soldiers to Fight Smarter: Engineering T Cells to Conquer Solid Tumours RUNNERS UP Jasmine Ardeleanu – Born Without an Immune System: How Gene Therapy Is Rebuilding Defence From The Inside Out Francisca Wetimane…
Gene-ious at Work: Editing the Future for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease By Lucy Williams, PhD student at Cardiff University and runner-up of the BSGCT Scientific Writing Competition. Lucy's research focuses on the development of a precise virus-based cancer therapy that…
After the Window Closes: The New Hope for Neurodevelopmental Disorders By Ouidad Khechaoui, PhD researcher in neurodevelopmental AAV Gene Therapy at the University of Sheffield When the parents of a child with a neurodevelopmental disorder first hear the diagnosis, they…
From Lab to Clinic: The Science Behind Safer Stem Cell Therapies Imagine a future where damaged organs are repaired, blindness is reversed, and Parkinson’s disease treated. Sounds like science fiction? It’s not! Current advancements in regenerative medicine are getting us…
By Leoma Bere A new and improved method of cell therapy has shown promising early results in the treatment of glioblastoma, the most aggressive type of brain tumour. Just a few days after treatment the patients’ tumours started to shrink…
By Syd McLean This is not an easy question. Decreasing the cost of CAR-T is a complicated area of study, and the required solutions will come from both scientists, engineers, clinicians, and economists. What is CAR-T therapy? Chimeric Antigen Receptor…