Neurology

Cory R. Nicholas, PhD, the cofounder and CEO of Neurona Therapeutics, discussed future plans for the expanded applications of the allogeneic regenerative neural cell therapy.

Review top news and interview highlights from the week ending February 2, 2024.

Cory R. Nicholas, PhD, the cofounder and CEO of Neurona Therapeutics, discussed the ongoing first-in-human clinical trial evaluating the cell therapy for drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

Catch up on the latest news, breakthroughs, and announcements from biotechnology companies making advancements in cell and gene therapies.

Efficacy and safety results from the RESKUE clinical trial will be presented at at the WORLDSymposium 2024 on February 9.

SRP-5051 is an investigational peptide-conjugated phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer.

The founding president and chief executive officer of Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy discussed the organization’s research imperatives of 2024.

The multinational, open-label EMERGENE study will seek to enroll 15 patients with LGMD2E/R4 in total.

The chief medical advisor of the Muscular Dystrophy Association discussed how directed evolution may help develop AAV capsids better suited for treating neuromuscular diseases.

Cory R. Nicholas, PhD, the cofounder and CEO of Neurona Therapeutics, discussed NRTX-1001, the company’s allogeneic regenerative neural cell therapy currently being evaluated in MTLE.

The chief medical advisor of the Muscular Dystrophy Association discussed research he is working on with the goal of increasing eligibility for gene therapies and opening the door to redosing.

Catch up on the latest news, breakthroughs, and announcements from biotechnology companies making advancements in cell and gene therapies.

The chief medical advisor of the Muscular Dystrophy Association discussed what seasoned clinicians and newcomers to the field alike can look forward to at the 2024 MDA Meeting.

Aruna Bio stated that it expects to begin a phase 1b/2a clinical trial within the first half of this year.

Sharon Hesterlee, PhD, the chief research officer of MDA, discussed highlights of 2023’s meeting and exciting new things to look forward to at the upcoming 2024 meeting.

PepGen’s ongoing multiple ascending dose trial is expected to read out initial data in mid-2024.

The president and head of R&D at Taysha Gene Therapies discussed his expectation that younger patients my see even better results with the company’s gene therapy than the adult patients treated so far.

Review top news and interview highlights from the week ending January 19, 2024.

The cofounder and CEO of Neurona Therapeutics discussed the company’s goals to evaluate the cell therapy in more types of epilepsy and potentially even in Alzheimer disease.

Catch up on the latest news, breakthroughs, and announcements from biotechnology companies making advancements in cell and gene therapies.

Among 3 patients in the study’s first cohort, a 3.6 to 6.6-fold increase in CSF PGRN over baseline was observed at 30 days posttreatment.

The cofounder and CEO of Neurona Therapeutics discussed results from a phase 1/2 clinical trial presented at AES’s annual meeting.

The trial is recruiting 5 more participants for the highest dose cohort following a positive DSMB review.

The president and head of R&D at Taysha Gene Therapies discussed positive early results from the first 2 patients treated with gene therapy TSHA-102.

The first pediatric patient was treated in the United States, but the company has now also received clearance to treat pediatric patients in the UK.