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Moderna signals diversity of its US COVID-19 vaccine trial cohort

Moderna has flagged the diversity of the US-based Phase 3 trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, for which enrollment, now at 30,000, has completed.

The view of the gene editing pioneer: Shedding light on CRISPR’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic and tackling chemotherapy resistance

The use of CRISPR, the genetic scissors that allow scientists to edit the instruction manual of life, DNA, has drawn massive global attention over the last several years.

COVID-19 vaccine trials ‘aren’t designed to tell us whether they’ll save lives’: BMJ

Current COVID-19 vaccine Phase 3 trials are not designed to show whether they will save lives or reduce transmission: with trials instead based on events with mild symptoms, according to a feature published in The BMJ.

New research opens up gene therapy for a wider range of degenerative retinal diseases

Scientists have used gene therapy and a newly developed light-sensing protein to restore sight in mice: with the technology to start clinical trials in the US later this year.

Oxford Immunotec to supply T cell testing for UK COVID-19 vaccine trials

Diagnostics company Oxford Immunotec Global PLC has been selected to provide T cell testing to the UK Vaccines Taskforce.

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US and UK labs join COVID-19 vaccine assessment network

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UK lines up first human challenge study for COVID-19

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Disruptor in cell and gene therapy space secures US$30m in funding

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COVID-19 vaccines: UN agency stockpiling syringes, mapping cold-chain storage capacity

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Roche deal latest in AAV gene therapy partnership plan for Dyno

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