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Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have developed a new gene therapy approach that offers promise for one day treating an eye disease that leads to a progressive loss of vision and affects thousands of people across the globe. The study, which involved a collaboration with clinical teams in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and the Mater Hospital, also has implications for a much wider suite of neurological disorders associated with ageing.

Source: Scientists develop new gene therapy for eye disease | EurekAlert! Science News

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing”.

Source: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020

Prof. Dr. Alessandro Aiuti, a physician and research scientist based in Milan is the winner of the Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research 2020, which is awarded by the EKFS in recognition of Aiuti’s significant scientific contributions to the development of gene therapies.

Source: Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research 2020 | Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung

Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) will start this year with the construction of the largest non-profit stem cell and gene therapy facility in the Netherlands, and one of the largest facilities in Europe. In the ‘NECSTGEN’ facility, the Netherlands Centre for the Clinical advancement of Stem Cell and Gene Therapies, research will be conducted in the field of regenerative medicine; medicine that restores or replaces diseased cells, tissues and organs. In NECSTGEN, researchers are working on the breakthroughs of the future, such as insulin-producing cells grown on demand for diabetes patients.

Source: LUMC constructs the largest stem cell facility for the Netherlands and beyond | LUMC