Chasing cures with cells and genes

Gene therapies are usually delivered in the form of a virus whose own genetic material has been removed and replaced with the therapeutic gene(s). — Pixnio

While we haven’t quite achieved the level of truly personalised medicine yet, cell and gene therapy come fairly close.

Viralgen chief executive officer Jimmy Vanhove notes that there have been three important waves of innovation in the pharmaceutical space to date: small molecules, large molecules and targeted therapies, and now, cell and gene therapy.