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Heartbreak as one sibling saved using miracle drug, but older sister not eligible for treatment

Teddi Shaw suffers from deadly metachromatic leukodystrophy and had her stem cells removed and the faulty genes replaced

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Little girl's life saved in Manchester by new gene therapy treatment in UK first

'Without this treatment, we would be facing both our children being taken away'

Manchester Evening News · Feb 15, 2023

Shilbottle toddler becomes first child in UK to receive revolutionary gene therapy for fatal disorder

Teddi Shaw, from Shilbottle, suffers from metachromatic leukodystrophy but has been given the chance of a normal life

Chronicle Live · Feb 15, 2023

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Toddler Teddi is first child in UK to receive revolutionary gene therapy

Young Teddi Shaw will have a normal life thanks to one of the world’s most expensive drugs, but sadly her older sister was too far advanced in her illness to benefit from the treatment

Wales Online · Feb 15, 2023

Girl with deadly inherited condition is cured with gene therapy on NHS

Teddi Shaw, from Northumberland, first recipient on health service of Libmeldy, world’s most expensive drug

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023

Toddler becomes first child in UK to receive revolutionary gene therapy

Teddi Shaw suffers from deadly metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) but has been given the chance of a normal life.

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

'Miracle' gene therapy treatment cures baby facing death - but comes too late for sister

Little Teddi Shaw has become the first NHS patient to receive the treatment for metachromatic leukodystrophy. The 19-month-old was diagnosed with MLD last April

Daily Mirror · Feb 15, 2023

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Promising gene therapy delivers treatment directly to brain

Scientists say delivering gene therapy directly to the brain holds great promise

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022

Health: Finds New Infant Gene Therapy To Treat Artemis-SCID Patients

A novel gene therapy developed at UC San Francisco is on track to improve the health of ten young children who were born without functioning immune systems and without the capacity to fight infections. Read on for details:

Dynamite News · Dec 22, 2022

Sickle cell cure will be cost-effective if health disparities considered -study finds

(This Dec.13 story has been corrected to remove reference to Sanofi in the fifth paragraph)

Reuters · Dec 13, 2022

Revolutionary gene therapy offers hope for untreatable cancers

UK teenager is first person in the world to receive ‘base-edited’ cells that could transform cancer medicine

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022

World’s most expensive drug approved to treat hemophilia at $3.5 million a dose

U.S. regulators approved CSL Behring’s hemophilia B gene therapy, a one-off infusion that frees patients from regular treatments but costs $3.5 million a dose, making it the most expensive medicine in the world.

Tribune News Service · Nov 24, 2022

Gene therapy at $3.5m a dose approved for US adults with hemophilia B

Hemgenix frees patients from repeated treatments but initial cost makes it most expensive medicine in the world

The Guardian - US · Nov 23, 2022

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The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022

$3.5M gene therapy for hemophilia gets FDA approval

U.S. health regulators have approved the first gene therapy for hemophilia, a blood-clotting disorder with few treatment options

The Conversation · Nov 7, 2022

Epilepsy: gene therapy technique targeting overactive brain cells shows promise in treating drug-resistant form of the condition

Something like 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. While the majority of these people are able to use medications to manage and prevent their seizures, around one-third don’t respond well to these treatments. In such cases, the only option available to bring seizures under control is to remove the part…

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022

Death in CRISPR gene therapy study sparks search for answers

The lone volunteer in a unique study involving a gene-editing technique has died, and those behind the trial are now trying to figure out what killed him

Wales Online · Sep 22, 2022

Four brothers with rare disease who had bone marrow transplants lead call for more research

There is 'promising new gene therapy treatment on the horizon' that could see 'safer and more effective ways to treat patients with XLP'

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Tribune News Service · Sep 17, 2022

Bluebird’s gene therapy for brain disease receives accelerated approval

Bluebird Bio Inc.’s gene therapy for a brain-wasting disease received accelerated approval from U.S. regulators, making it the first treatment of its kind for children living with cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy.

Benzinga · Sep 17, 2022

FDA Okays bluebird bio's $3M Gene Therapy For Rare Neurological Disorder In Boys: What Investors Should Know

Biotechnology company, bluebird bio, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLUE) announced late Friday that the Food and Drug Administration approved its gene therapy for a rare neurodegenerative disease.

Liverpool Echo · Sep 13, 2022

Gene therapy firm growing its Liverpool footprint with new build

A three-storey lab site was approved earlier today

Benzinga · Aug 30, 2022

Recap Of Tuesday's Biotech Catalysts - End Of the Day Summary

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) announced top-line results from the global Phase 3 CodeBreaK 200 trial evaluating once daily oral LUMAKRAS (sotorasib) in patients with KRAS G12C-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the study met primary endpoint. Amgen shares traded in a range of $238.29 to $240.31 on day volume of 2.43 million shares, closed regular…

Benzinga · Aug 24, 2022

Recap Of Wednesday's Biotech Catalysts - End Of the Day Summary

The European Commission (EC) has granted conditional marketing authorization (CMA) to BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s (NASDAQ:BMRN) lead asset ROCTAVIAN (valoctocogene roxaparvovec) gene therapy for the treatment of severe hemophilia A (congenital Factor VIII deficiency) in adult patients. BioMarin shares traded as high as 2.28 percent, in a range of $91.39 to $93.68…

Wales Online · Aug 19, 2022

Alzheimer's breakthrough: Scientists reverse disease with gene therapy

In the study, stem cell survival was enhanced by deleting a gene called Bax

The Conversation · Aug 1, 2022

Helping cells become better protein factories could improve gene therapies and other treatments – a new technique shows how

The cells in your body are not all the same. Each of your organs has cells with very different functions. For example, liver cells are top-notch secretors, as their job requires them to make and export many of the proteins in your blood. By contrast, muscle cells are tasked with…

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