gene therapies

New drug class can kill cancer cells with BRCA gene mutations

17 June 2021

Scientists have identified a new class of targeted cancer drugs that offer the potential to treat patients whose tumours have faulty copies of the BRCA cancer genes. The drugs, known as POLQ inhibitors, specifically kill cancer cells with mutations in the BRCA genes while leaving healthy cells unharmed. Crucially, they can kill cancer cells that […]

First ELRIG meeting on Cell & Gene Therapy

12 May 2021

The ELRIG Cell & Gene Therapy meeting will be held virtually on May 18-19, 2021. This interactive two-day conference will host scientists from academia and industry to discuss current and future perspectives of cell and gene therapies. Cell and gene therapies are rapidly evolving, revealing many new therapeutic opportunities not previously amenable to drug discovery. […]

The power of precision to keep biologics safe and effective

9 September 2020

How do we know the medicines we take are safe and effective from batch to batch? Medicinal products like erythropoietin and gene therapies can be very challenging to quality control. Dr Mark Lies, Global Business Manager of Capillary Electrophoresis, SCIEX describes how capillary electrophoresis is being applied to address these challenges and ensure medicinal constituents […]