A Phase I Clinical Trial for a Lentiviral Gene Therapy Targeting the TCIRG1 Gene for Infantile Malignant Osteopetrosis (IMO)
Rocket Pharmaceuticals is conducting a clinical trial using a gene therapy for infantile malignant osteopetrosis (IMO), a rare and life-threatening disorder that develops in infancy. IMO is caused by defective bone cell…
Evaluation of the Safety and Tolerability of KA34 in a Phase 1, Double-Blind, Dose Escalation Trial in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
Researchers at the California Institute for Biomedical Research (CALIBR) have been awarded $8.447 million to test KA34, a drug that, in preclinical tests, recruits stem cells to create new cartilage…
Treatment of non-traumatic osteonecrosis with endogenous Mesenchymal stem cells
Femoral head osteonecrosis (aka avascular necrosis) is a disease caused by loss of blood supply to the bone, leading to bone cell death, end stage hip arthritis and total hip…