In the fast-paced world of clinical research, efficiency, accuracy, and compliance are critical to successful study outcomes. The right laboratory information management system (LIMS) should aim to streamline clinical sample workflows, improve data accuracy, and support compliance with clinical sample management. Here’s a closer look at the features clinical researchers should focus on and how […]
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Part 15 of our Bridging the Gap Series (Summary of the webinar session held in February 2025) Access to cutting-edge gene therapy treatments remains a major challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While these therapies hold the potential to cure life-threatening conditions such as hemophilia, HIV, and sickle cell disease, their availability today is generally […]
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Part 14 of our Bridging the Gap Series (Summary of the webinar session held in january 2025) In early January 2025, Bridging the Gap panelists George Eastwood and Patrick Hanley visited Washington, D.C., to advocate for increased support and funding for life-saving cell and gene therapies. During its first year, the Bridging the Gap Webinar Series, sponsored […]
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Part 13 of our Bridging the Gap Series (Summary of the webinar session held in December 2024) Groundbreaking advancements in cell and gene therapies offer unprecedented hope for patients battling cancers, autoimmune diseases, and genetic disorders. Yet, transforming academic breakthroughs into therapies ready for patients is a complex and challenging journey. Issues such as scalable manufacturing processes, […]
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Part 12 of our Bridging the Gap Series (Summary of the webinar session held in November 2024) Pictured in photo: Sickle cell warrior Jimi Olaghere climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro after receiving advanced gene therapy. The incredible potential of gene therapies like chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T) and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) to cure genetic diseases […]
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Part 11 of our Bridging the Gap Series (Summary of the webinar session held in October 2024) In the rapidly advancing world of cell and gene therapy, we are witnessing groundbreaking innovations that have the potential to cure once-incurable diseases like cancer and sickle cell. Yet, as these transformative therapies emerge, a troubling reality persists: access to […]
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Part 10 of our Bridging the Gap Series (Summary of the webinar session held in September 2024) Access to life-saving cell and gene therapies is one of the most critical challenges facing healthcare today. While these therapies offer remarkable hope for patients battling life-threatening conditions like cancer and rare genetic diseases, the reality is that only a […]
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Part 9 of our Bridging the Gap Series (Summary of the webinar session held in August 2024) In the evolving landscape of cell and gene therapy, the manufacturing process is a crucial factor in ensuring that innovative treatments, such as CAR T-cell therapies, reach patients effectively. Autologous cell therapies, which involve modifying a patient’s own cells, present […]
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Part 8 of our Bridging the Gap Series (Summary of the webinar session held in July 2024) Imagine harnessing your body’s own immune cells to fight and destroy cancer—a reality that Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TIL) therapy is making possible. TIL therapy was the key topic of our July “Bridging the Gap” webinar with guest speaker Raj Puri, M.D., […]
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Part 7 of our Bridging the Gap Series (Summary of the webinar session held in June 2024) What if you could transform the life of a child with leukemia by simply modifying their own cells? This is the promise of CAR T-cell therapy, a groundbreaking treatment that has already revolutionized cancer care. Yet, as Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., […]
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