European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy News

3rd ATTACK Cellular Therapy of Cancer Symposium

Takes place between the 24th and 27th September 2010 in Montpellier

Published: 23 July 2010

CliniGene Competitive Call for Additional Project Partners

CliniGene seeks additional partners to enter its Joint Programme Activity

Published: 21 July 2010

ISCT Abstract deadline has been extended till Friday June 4, 2010 at 6 pm Central European Time*

Notification: ISCT Europe 2nd Regional Meeting in Belgirate Italy (11-14 September 2010) Abstract deadline has been extended till **Friday June 4, 2010 at 6 pm Central European Time***

Published: 2 June 2010

ISCT Europe 2nd regional meeting in Belgirate, Italy

11-14 September 2010

Published: 24 May 2010

Symposium and EMBO practical course "Viral Vectors in Gene Therapy: Applications and Novel Production Methods"

You are kindly invited to participate in the Symposium and the EMBO practical course (full event) or in the Symposium only (26-29 Aug)

Published: 10 May 2010

The European Medicines Agency has published a Reflection paper on stem cell-based medicinal products (EMA/CAT/571134/2009).

The aim of this reflection paper is to cover specific aspects related to stem cell-based medicinal products, and is relevant to all medicinal products using stem cells as starting material.

Published: 25 April 2010

Breaking News: Successful hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy for severe inherited disorder. New results published in Science.

Gene Therapy has recently had some important successes in treating severe inherited disease after years of skepticism from the scientific community and neglect by the pharaceutical industry. Cartier et al report another major advance - the first successful clinical testing of a HIV-derived vector in hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)-based gene therapy.

Published: 5 November 2009

5th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Stem Cell Research (GSZ)

Conference Information: Title: 5th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Stem Cell Research (GSZ) Date: 30th September until 2nd October 2010 Conference Chair: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rohwedel (University Hospital of Lübeck, Institute of Medical Molecular Biology) Locality: University Lübeck, Germany Contact: gsz2010@conventus.de Homepage: www.conventus.de/gsz2010

Published: 4 November 2009

ESGCT XVIIIth Annual Congress, Milano 22-25 October 2010

First announcement of the 2010 ESGCT Congress which will be held in Milano.

Published: 27 October 2009

Gene therapy fulfilling its promise

We wanted to draw your attention to a recent publication in N. Engl. J. Med. that once again highlights the progress in the gene therapy field. The article by Aiuti et al. showed that gene therapy is a safe and effective treatment for SCID in patients with ADA deficiency and can restore immune function.

Published: 11 May 2009