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New Breakthrough in Stem Cell Therapy for Age-related Macular Degeneration
A team of scientists based primarily at Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London has performed a study implanting embryonic stem cell pat Read More…
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ESGCT & BSGCT Spring School 2018
Wednesday 21/03/18
On a brilliantly sunny day in Pembroke College, I made my way around (not over) a perfectly mowed lawn towards the grand hall for b Read More… -
From genes to medicine: an engaging day!
Thursday 15th March 2018. A 4.45am alarm. Read More… -
Evolving novel AAV vectors for efficient intravascular delivery across the blood brain barrier
The central nervous system (CNS) is an important target for gene therapy for a range of diseases including Freidrich’s Ataxia, spinal muscular atrop Read More…
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Stem Cells to Mend a Wounded Heart
This paper of the month (Menasche et al. Read More…
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Blistering progress for gene and cell therapy: skin regeneration in junctional epidermolysis bullosa
To most of us, blisters are a mild and short-lived annoyance; we curse the badly-fitting shoe, gingerly apply a plaster then hobble on with our daily Read More…
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It’s an ECR life?
Who’d be an Early Career Researcher (ECR) these days? Long gone are the halcyon days where you complete your PhD (commonly taking between 5 and 10 y Read More…
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Genome Editing via Homology-Directed Repair in Mitotic and Postmitotic Cells in Mammalian Brain.
If you are a scientist working in molecular biology, hardly does a week go by without reading another exciting publication on genome editing. Read More…
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Expanding the versatility of the CRISPR system: RNA-targeting Cas9 and a new hope for microsatellite repeat expansion disorders
The exciting discovery of an adaptive “immune system” of bacteria against infection by bacteriophages has captivated the imagination of scientists Read More…
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Nucleotide-based vaccines – The future of immunization
Physicians may soon be armed with guns. Not weapons loaded with metal bullets but gene guns which hold nucleotide-based vaccines. Read More…