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…
By Giorgio Matronola While strolling through the vascular and lymphatic system, picture yourself as a T-cell - a cell of the immune system that kills pathogen-infected cells. Suddenly you find yourself inside a leukapheresis machine and snugly placed in a…
Author: Victoria Ruth Richardson Lung diseases are a significant burden to human health globally, with around a third of deaths worldwide resulting from chronic respiratory diseases(1). The complex nature of the lungs means they can be afflicted by numerous conditions…
Author: Katie Birditt With a formidable name like Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy, some incredible real-life success stories, and undeniably ingenious genetic engineering it’s no wonder there was so much hype surrounding the emergence of this novel T cell-based…
By Vered Smith Glaucoma is a condition that affects approximately 70 million people worldwide¹, –a number greater than all the people living in the U. K². But scientists led by Jiahui Wu from the University of Bristol, have come up…