flosz schreef op 13 augustus 2014 14:37:
So, the researchers attached S100A1 to a harmless adeno-associated virus (AAV) and crafted a gene therapy to combat heart failure. The resulting treatment, dubbed AAV-S100A1, demonstrated a 90% survival rate in a proof-of-concept study on an animal heart failure model, the company said, setting the table for further preclinical study.
That's where uniQure comes in. The biotech is trading €3 million ($4 million) up front in cash and stock, plus undisclosed milestones, to pick up where Most and Katus left off. The two professors will join uniQure's team as it works to get AAV-S100A1 ready for first-in-human trials by 2016, hoping to develop a one-shot therapy for the world's more than 20 million CHF sufferers.
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