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Altasciences at ASGCT 2025: An Open Forum for All Things Gene and Cell Therapy | By Kaylyn Koenig

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Altasciences at ASGCT 2025: An Open Forum for All Things Gene and Cell Therapy | By Kaylyn Koenig aasimakopoulos Thu, 07/10/2025 - 08:00 I recently returned from attending the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) Annual Meeting. WHO WAS AT ASGCT 2025?

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Automated red blood cell exchange: bridging treatment gaps in sickle cell disease care

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Despite recent advances in gene therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD) , automated red blood cell exchange (aRBCX) remains a cornerstone therapy that plays a vital yet underutilised role in managing complications and enhancing quality of life for millions living with this devastating condition worldwide.

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My Attendance at the 2024 Boston Society Cell and Gene Therapy Conference

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My Attendance at the 2024 Boston Society Cell and Gene Therapy Conference pmjackson Tue, 06/11/2024 - 20:49 , via Wikimedia Commons" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c7a7fa8b-b2fe-4d84-a75e-d1ba3a4e2caf" src="[link] width="742" height="249" loading="lazy" /> Ecm85, CC BY-SA 3.0

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How organoids can redefine pre-clinical research

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Organoid technologies are becoming an invaluable solution for preclinical research, with the ability to augment the development of personalised medicine, drug discovery and gene therapies. Organoids for cell therapy and drug discovery. Human pluripotent-stem-cell-derived organoids for drug discovery and evaluation. Elsevier; 2020.

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Mediating BRAF-mutant melanoma resistance

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Regarding therapy resistant melanomas, why is the alteration of the epigenetic landscape considered significant, and what has been lacking in terms of validated targetable epigenetic mechanisms? What is remarkable here is that we show that the addition of corin to BRAFi-resistant tumour cells resensitises them to BRAFi therapies.

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Women in Stem August: Meet Theonie Anastassiadis

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I then chose to do my doctoral research at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, which provided me with great scientific training, critical thinking, and communication skills. In terms of my own contributions, I believe my research can in part play a role in driving future innovation in precision therapies.

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Women in Stem with Joanne Kanaan

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When choosing my bachelor’s degree, the choice was between pursuing a career in biology or in computer science. Biology won that battle, and I pursued a bachelor’s and master’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology.