CCRM supports the development & commercialization of regenerative medicines & associated enabling technologies, with a specific focus on cell & gene therapy.
📢 The ISSCR is now accepting nominations for the 2027 ISSCR Board of Directors and the Society's annual awards. Nominations are due 16 October. Learn more 👉isscr.org/isscr-news/get-inv…
When knowledge is shared across sectors, the rare disease community can find answers faster and close gaps in care and access. Join the 2026 NORD Breakthrough Summit, Oct. 25–27 in Washington, DC, to exchange ideas and build new connections.
ASGCT staff will be there to connect you with patient education resources (including our new coloring book!), and discuss the latest policies affecting rare disease research and individuals.
Learn more ➡️ nordsummit.org#NORDSummit#RareDisease
Last chance—GEN's State of Biotech is tomorrow.
Maraganore. Orkin. Google Cloud's Shweta Maniar. The Biotech Hangout hosts. And John Sterling's exit interview after four decades as GEN's Editor in Chief.
Free registration: hubs.li/Q04x-T-z0#biotech#stateofbiotech
📣 Signals is looking for talented bloggers to write about the #regenerativemedicine and #CGT fields. signalsblog.ca/
If you’re passionate about cutting-edge science and can turn complex ideas into compelling content, we want to hear from you. DM us to learn more #scicomm
A fifth cell and gene therapy product has been approved in the US this year.
Today, the FDA announced approval of an AAV gene therapy developed by ARM member Ultragenyx to treat pediatric patients with Sanfilippo syndrome Type A. 1/2
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How do we make CGTs more accessible to patients globally? In the new episode of our podcast, @bambi_grilley & #StaciArnold explore manufacturing & delivery challenges, regulation, P3s & more. Listen where you stream podcasts or at ccrm.ca/podcast. @KristaLambComms
📣 Signals is looking for talented bloggers to write about the #regenerativemedicine and #CGT fields. signalsblog.ca/
If you’re passionate about cutting-edge science and can turn complex ideas into compelling content, we want to hear from you. DM us to learn more #scicomm
Submit an abstract to the Inaugural Canadian Gene and Cell Therapy Conference by October 1!
Early-career investigators and trainees are invited to submit abstracts highlighting advances across the cell and gene therapy landscape from basic discovery through to clinical implementation. Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters, with selected submissions invited for short oral presentations.
For more information or to submit an abstract, visit cancgt.ca.
The LUMI-lab, directed by Bowen Li at @UofT uses AI robotics to discover new mRNA medicines that could improve care for hard-to-treat conditions.
Read more here: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54578.html…
The ISSCR recently submitted comments to the #FDA draft guidance for Leveraging Prior Knowledge in the Development of Human Gene Therapy Products Incorporating Genome Editing.
Read the comments.
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The FDA’s proposal to offer 50% off application fees for drugs with early-stage trials conducted in the U.S. is unlikely to achieve the intended result. What biotechs really want is speed.
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UCLA scientists have developed a scalable method for turning blood stem cells from donated cord blood into uniform batches of cancer-fighting T cells engineered to recognize a protein found in many solid tumors.
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Happening today!! Join us for today's #TissueTalk with Prof. Karen Christman @ChristmanLab from @ucsdbe happening at 3pm EST where she will discuss her group's work on "Injectable biomaterials for women's health."
See you there: bit.ly/tissuetalks
Betting markets on patient lives is bad enough. The conflict of interest and policing insider information is near impossible when hundreds or thousands of people may possess fragments of nonpublic information about a multicenter clinical trial, and some of them participate directly in data collection and analysis. I support this Change.org petition to Ban prediction markets from betting on the outcomes of life-saving clinical trials change.org/p/ban-prediction-…