AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoIn-Body Gene Editing: Prime Medicine has treated its first Wilson’s disease patient with prime editing delivered directly into the body. The trial will test whether it can safely correct the faulty gene; initial results are expected in 2027. New Treatments: The FDA granted accelerated approval to Voceryq, the first plasmid DNA immunotherapy, for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. Separately, a trial of nasal-spray mebufotenin found reduced depression symptoms lasting through eight weeks. AI Drug Discovery: Parse Biosciences and Nomic Bio plan a 100-million-cell dataset linking immune-cell gene activity to proteins released by cells, with major drugmakers among the partners. Semiconductors: India’s chip ambitions face a supply-chain gap: the country still imports most semiconductor-grade materials, chemicals, equipment and critical minerals, industry experts say. Planetary Science: A decade of Juno observations has exposed a mismatch between Jupiter’s measured interior and the Galileo probe’s atmospheric readings, challenging how scientists study giant planets.
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