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Bioabsorbable Stents Market to Grow at a Fine CAGR of 9.6% through 2032: Improvements in Healthcare Infrastructure and Growing Geriatric Population to…

Owing to Rising Demand for Less Invasive Treatments Among Heart Patients, Fact.MR Study Opines the Global Bioabsorbable Stents Market Share is Estimated to Reach a Value of Nearly US$ 1 Billion by 2032 from US$ 372 Million in 2021

Growing incidences of physicians and healthcare professionals preferring bioabsorbable stents over conventional stents is believed to have rapidly surged the bioabsorbable stent market growth in the global market.

Fact.MR, a Market Research and Competitive Intelligence Provider - The global bioabsorbable stents market is predicted to witness a moderate growth rate of 9.6% during the forecast years 2022 to 2032. The net worth of the bioabsorbable stents market share is expected to be valued at around US$ 1 Billion by the year 2032, growing from a mere US$ 372 Million recorded in the year 2021.

The growing prevalence of cardiovascular disease is sighted to be the leading cause of heart-related mortality worldwide. Around 17.5 million people die each year as a result of cardiovascular disease as a consequence of changing lifestyles, dietary habits, and rising blood pressure difficulties. All these factors have boosted the demand for bioabsorbable stents in the global market.

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Cardiovascular illnesses were responsible for more than 32% of fatalities in 2015, and this number is anticipated to grow to 45 per cent by 2030. The number of people diagnosed with diabetes has increased. Obesity, which is the leading cause of type 2 diabetes in adults, has increased as a result of changes in trends, food patterns, and regular exercise. The proliferation of such correlated diseases is suggested to be the major driving factor for the sales of bioabsorbable stents across the globe.

However, due to an increase in the prevalence of coronary artery disease, increased knowledge of bioabsorbable stents, increased demand for minimally invasive surgery, and increased adoption of unhealthy lifestyles, Asia-Pacific is predicted to have the highest CAGR from 2021 to 2032.

What is the Bioabsorbabale Stents Market Outlook in Asia Pacific Region?

As per the global market study on bioabsorbable stents, Asia Pacific is predicted to develop at the quickest rate. The rising number of cardiac patients in the Asia Pacific countries with the highest population count is predicted to drive the demand for bioabsorbable stents in the regional market.

During the projected period, the China bioabsorbable stents market is predicted to lead at the fastest rate of 8.8% in this geographical region. The net worth of the market is estimated to be around US$ 28 Million in 2022 and is projected to reach a total valuation of US$ 71.6 Million in the year 2032.

Other than that, bioabsorbable stents market opportunities in Japan and South Korea are also quite promising for the forecasted years, with an estimated growth rate of 8.1% and 7.3%, respectively. This new market research report on bioabsorbable stents also sheds light on the growth prospects in Indian Market as well.

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Point of Care Diagnostics Market - Shipments of point of care test (POCT) kits are projected to surge at a CAGR of around 7% from 2021 to 2028, as per this new analysis. In 2020, the global point of care diagnostics market stood at US$ 34.1 Bn, and is anticipated to surge to a valuation of US$ 66 Bn by the end of 2028.

Spectrometry Market - The global spectrometry market is projected to increase from a valuation of US$ 7.1 Bn in 2020 to US$ 13.8 Bn by 2028, expanding at a CAGR of 6.4% during the forecast period, Demand for mass spectrometry is set to increase faster at a CAGR of 7.4% over the forecast period 2021-2028.

Coronary Stents Market- Worldwide sales of coronary stents were valued at around US$ 10.1 Bn in 2020. The global coronary stents market is projected to register 12.9% CAGR and reach a valuation of US$ 25.7 Bn by the end of 2028.

Osteoporosis Therapeutics Market- The global osteoporosis therapeutics market stands at a valuation of US$ 12.7 Bn currently, and is predicted to reach US$ 14.2 Bn by the end of 2026. Consumption of osteoporosis therapeutic drugs is anticipated to increase at a CAGR of 2.9% from 2022 to 2026.

CNS Therapeutics Market- The CNS therapeutics market stands at a valuation of US$ 116.7 Bn in 2022, and is expected to reach US$ 142.1 Bn by the end of 2026. CNS drug sales are projected to rise at a steady CAGR of 4.9% from 2022 to 2026.

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC) Market- The global induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) market stands at a valuation of US$ 1.8 Bn in 2022, and is projected to climb to US$ 2.3 Bn by the end of 2026. Over the 2022 to 2026 period, worldwide demand for induced pluripotent stem cells is anticipated to rise rapidly at a CAGR of 6.6%.

Doxorubicin Market- Demand for doxorubicin is anticipated to increase steadily at a CAGR of 5.3% from 2022 to 2026. At present, the global doxorubicin market stands at US$ 1.1 Billion, and are projected to reach a valuation of US$ 1.3 Billion by the end of 2026.

Heart Attack Diagnostics Market- The heart attack diagnostics market is predicted to grow at a moderate CAGR of 7.1% during the forecast period of 2022 to 2032. The global heart attack diagnostics market is estimated to reach a value of nearly US$ 22.2 Billion by 2032 by growing from US$ 10.4 Billion in 2021.

Smart Implants Market- The global smart implants market is estimated at US$ 3.9 billion in 2022, and is forecast to surpass a market value of US$ 22.2 billion by 2032. Smart implants are expected to contribute significantly to the global implants market, with demand surging at a CAGR of 19% from 2022 to 2032.

Facial Implants Market- The global facial implant market was valued at US$ 2.7 Billion in 2022, and is expected to rise at a 7.7% value CAGR, likely to reach US$ 5.6 Billion by the end of the 2022-2032 forecast period.

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Theranexus : THERANEXUS PARTICIPATES IN SEVERAL LEADING SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES AND BUSINESS CONVENTIONS – Marketscreener.com

Lyon, France 9 June 2022 6 pm CEST Theranexus, a biopharmaceutical company innovating in the treatment of neurological diseases and pioneer in the development of drug candidates modulating the interaction between neurons and glial cells, today announces its participation in several scientific and business events including the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum, the Batten Disease Support and Research Association (BDSRA) Conference and the BIO International Convention to be held in June and July 2022.

Theranexus will be presenting at the BIO International Convention which will bring together more than 15,000 life science players from over 70 countries running from June 13 to 19, 2022 in San Diego, United States. The company will have the benefit of speaking during a face-to-face session, this will give Theranexus the opportunity to present its latest innovations and meet companies as part of its development strategy approach.

Julien Veys, Chief Business Development Officer of Theranexus stated, "I am delighted to be able to share with fellow industry professionals the company's new strategic direction and its assets in the field of rare neurological diseases on Tuesday 14 June at 11am during the BIO International Convention, our sector's biggest business convention gathering the full complement of international stakeholders from the pharma and biopharma industry".

In addition, Theranexus will be at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies FENS 2022 Forum, running from 9 to 13 July 2022 in Paris and presenting the latest innovations to emerge from its NeuroLead platform, in collaboration with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and the Collge de France:

Theranexus will also be presenting progress on its Batten-1 clinical program in Batten disease at the annual Batten Disease Support and Research Association (BDSRA) Conference to be held in Cleveland, Ohio from 8 to 10 July 2022.

Finally, Theranexus gave a presentation entitled "Pharmacological modulation of brain connectivity and visual response in a pathological rat model revealed by functional ultrasound imaging" at the Functional ultrasound imaging of the Brain conference fUSbrain 2022 held in Corsica in early June, and on 31 May took part in the French Rare Diseases Foundation's annual scientific symposium at the Collge de France, delivering a presentation of the company and its assets.

Mathieu Charvriat, Deputy CEO and Chief Scientific Officer concluded: "These different presentations highlighting advances in both our Batten-1 drug candidate in clinical application for Batten disease and the discovery of novel drug candidates with our NeuroLead platform in the field of rare neurological diseases. These presentations give us an opportunity to strengthen our visibility and connection with academic and industry stakeholders and patient organizations and confirm the remarkable dynamism and recognition of the scientific merits of our R&D teams".

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About Theranexus

Theranexus is an innovative biopharmaceutical company that emerged from the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). It specializes in the treatment of central nervous system disorders and is a pioneer in the development of drug candidates targeting both neurons and glial cells.

Theranexus has a unique drug candidate of advanced therapy identification and characterization platform focused on rare neurological disorders and an initial drug candidate in clinical development for Batten disease.

Theranexus is listed on the Euronext Growth market in Paris (FR0013286259- ALTHX).

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Fifth annual University of Rhode Island Research and Scholarship Photo Contest winners announced – University of Rhode Island

KINGSTON, R.I. June 7, 2022 The University of Rhode Islands fifth annual Research and Scholarship Photo Contest attracted a stunning collection of photos from university students, staff, and faculty.

The contest provides a unique opportunity for URIs researchers and scholars to convey their ideas and work, as well as their unique perspectives, through the photographs and digital images they capture.

The annual contest is co-sponsored and coordinated byUniversity of Rhode Island Magazine;the URI Division of Research and Economic Development magazine,Momentum: Research & Innovation; and the Rhode Island Sea Grant/URI Coastal Institute magazine,41N: Rhode Islands Ocean andCoastalMagazine. A panel of judges, which includes URI alumni and staff, selects the winning images.

This year, for the first time, all winning photos were submitted by URI studentsboth undergraduate and graduate students, and all our winning entries were from work being done in the same college, the College of the Environment and Life Sciences.

The stunning photos reinforce that time-tested adage: A picture is worth a thousand words. Winning photographers are listed below, with descriptions of their photos.

FIRST PLACE Water Collection of a Honeybee Casey Johnson, graduate student in plant sciences and entomology, of Warwick.

In the heat of summer, honeybees can often be found collecting water from puddles, gutters, and other unsavory sources, says Johnson, who is a graduate student in Professor Steven Alms lab at the URI Agricultural Experiment Station at East Farm in Kingston. She continues, We noticed that our honeybees were drinking water from sphagnum moss in the pots of pitcher plants, which led us to investigate the water-collecting behavior of honeybees on four local moss species. Here, a water forager honeybee rests on one of our observational moss setups, drinking water that she will bring back to her hive.

SECOND PLACE Jam-Packed Micromussa Michael Corso 24, aquaculture and fisheries science major, of Medford, Massachusetts.

This Micromussa lordhowensis coral colony was shot at Love the Reef, a marine animal distributor/coral aquaculture facility in Wilmington, Massachusetts, where I work, says Corso, who aspires to preserve tropical marine species. He continues, In the wild, this species is found in the South Pacific and along Australias Great Barrier Reef. The bioluminescent colors emanate from the corals symbiont algae, zooxanthella. Rising ocean temperatures and acidification can prevent the corals from holding onto the algae they depend upon, resulting in coral bleaching. Land-based sustainable aquaculture efforts may be the last chance coral species like these have at surviving in our future environment.

THIRD PLACE Piping Plover Chick Branden Costa, graduate student in environmental science and management, focused on conservation biology, of Westport, Massachusetts.

Costa observed this juvenile piping plover foraging after a rainstorm on Washburn Island (Massachusetts). These birds, says Costa, who studies migratory bird behavior and population dynamics are vulnerable to many threats before and after hatching, including predation, desiccation, human disturbances, and storm surges. They begin foraging for themselves mere hours after hatching and remain flightless for 2530 days as they develop flight feathers for end-of-season migration. This chick was the last surviving member of its brood. The others were taken by two off-leash domestic dogs. This chick demonstrates the unwavering resilience piping plovers must exhibit to survive.

HONORABLE MENTION Last Nerve Michelle Gregoire, doctoral student in cell and molecular biology, of Goshen, Connecticut.

Nerves relay sensory or motor information in the body and are made up of nerve cells, or neurons, says Gregoire. In Professor Claudia Fallinis lab, where I do my research, we study cellular pathologies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (ALS/FTD). We differentiate the neurons we study from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), derived from patient skin or blood cells. Using immunofluorescence and our Leica DMi8 Widefield Fluorescence microscope, we visualized this stunning motor neuron. During the differentiation process, not all the stem cells differentiated into neurons, instead forming a mass of cells, visible here above the lone neuron.

HONORABLE MENTION Radiotagged Diamondback Terrapin Hatchling, Spring 2021 Carolyn Decker, graduate student in natural resources science, of South Deerfield, Massachusetts.

This nine-month-old, rare salt marsh turtle is about the size of a poker chip and has just emerged from the secret sandy burrow where he spent his first winter, says Decker. For my masters thesis, I documented the movements and habitat use of this species. This individual turtle helped us better understand the differing needs of hatchling and adult terrapins. My observations helped us to make wildlife management and conservation recommendations to protect the animals at all ages. This photo shows the tiny radio transmitter that was glued to the terrapins shell so researchers could track his movements.

HONORABLE MENTION Microplastic Particle from Narragansett Bay Sarah Davis, doctoral student in biological and environmental sciences, of New York City

This strangely beautiful image of a 1 millimeter microplastic particle was captured with an Olympus BX63 automated light microscope, says Davis, who works with Professors Coleen Suckling and Andrew Davies on a Rhode Island Sea Grant project investigating microplastic particles in Narragansett Bay. For this project, she says, we trawl a plankton net behind a URI vessel. The net collects material floating on and just below the waters surface; the material collected is processed and analyzed in the lab. By studying the concentration and characteristics of microplastics in our local environment, we can help inform decisions about mitigating pollution at the source.

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Senti Bio Debuts as Publicly Traded Company Focused on Developing Next-Generation Cell and Gene Therapies Engineered with Gene Circuits -…

- Business combination with Dynamics Special Purpose Corp. completed today; gross proceeds from transaction to Senti Bio expected to total approximately $156.5 million -

- Combined company Senti Bio will be listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under ticker symbol "SNTI" -

- IND filings for preclinical oncology candidates SENTI-202 and SENTI-301 anticipated in 2023 -

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Senti Biosciences, Inc. (Senti Bio), a biotechnology company developing next-generation cell and gene therapies using its proprietary gene circuit platform, today announced the completion of its business combination with Dynamics Special Purpose Corp. (DYNS; Nasdaq: DYNS), a special purpose acquisition company. Senti Biosciences, Inc., the resulting combined company, will commence trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol SNTI on June 9, 2022.

Over the last year, we have made significant pipeline progress in optimizing our gene circuit technology and generating promising data across our lead programs, SENTI-202 and SENTI-301, which we plan to advance toward IND filings in 2023, said Timothy Lu, MD, PhD, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Senti Bio. We believe that with the funding from this successful transaction, we are well positioned to maximize this unique opportunity to develop the next generation of gene circuit-enabled cell and gene therapies for patients in need.

Senti Bio is developing next-generation cell and gene therapies engineered with gene circuits, which are designed to reprogram cells with biological logic to sense inputs, compute decisions and respond to their respective cellular environments. Senti Bio's oncology pipeline uses healthy adult donor-derived, natural killer (NK) cells engineered with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) gene circuits that are cryopreserved and dosed off-the-shelf. Senti Bios oncology pipeline is primarily focused on three preclinical-stage programs: SENTI-202, a Logic Gated (OR+NOT) off-the-shelf CAR-NK cell therapy designed to target and eliminate acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells while sparing the healthy bone marrow; SENTI-301, a regulatable Multi-Armed off-the-shelf CAR-NK cell therapy designed for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); and SENTI-401, a Logic Gated (NOT) off-the-shelf CAR-NK cell therapy designed to target and eliminate colorectal cancer (CRC) cells while sparing healthy cells elsewhere in the body. In addition, the company is collaborating with Spark Therapeutics (a member of the Roche Group) and BlueRock Therapeutics (a wholly-owned and independently operated subsidiary of Bayer AG) on applications of its gene circuit technology outside of oncology.

Omid Farokhzad, MD, Executive Chair of the DYNS Board of Directors, said, We believe in the powerful potential of engineering gene circuits with programmable computer-like logic in cell and gene therapies. We look forward to continued progress from the Senti Bio team including advancing product candidates towards and into clinical trials, solidifying its clinical-scale cGMP manufacturing capabilities, and expanding its gene circuit offerings across multiple diseases and modalities via partnering opportunities.

Mostafa Ronaghi, PhD, CEO of DYNS added, We have been very impressed with Sentis approach and platform, which has the potential to define the future of cell and gene therapy. Sentis scientific founders and management are pioneers in the field of mammalian synthetic biology and have assembled a highly qualified team to use this platform to improve the lives of patients in oncology and many other disease categories.

Senti Bio received gross proceeds of approximately $140.3 million of the expected $156.5 million in connection with the business combination, which included funds held in DYNS's trust account of $84.5 million (net of redemptions), $50.6 million of the expected $66.8 million in proceeds from a private investment in public equity (PIPE) financing that closed concurrently with the consummation of the business combination, and a recent $5.2 million investment by Leaps by Bayer, the impact investment arm of Bayer AG, through the purchase of a convertible note that was exchanged (at $10.00 per share, with accrued interest canceled) at the closing of the business combination for common equity with the same rights as the PIPE shares. Senti Bio expects the proceeds from this transaction, combined with cash on hand, to fund operations into 2024.

Investors in DYNS include funds managed by ARK Investment Management LLC, funds and accounts managed by Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley Investment Management), Invus, and funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., among others.

Investors participating in the PIPE financing as of the closing of the business combination included 8VC, Amgen Ventures, funds and accounts managed by Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley Investment Management), Invus, NEA, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, and T. Rowe Price funds, among others. Of the $66.8 million in subscriptions for the PIPE financing, $16.2 million has yet to be funded as one investor, who entered into a subscription agreement concurrently with Senti Bio and DYNSs execution of the business combination agreement in December 2021, has not funded its commitment. Senti Bio intends to enforce such one investor's legal obligations under its subscription agreement. Solely for purposes of consummating the business combination on June 8, 2022, Senti Bio agreed to waive the $150 million available cash closing condition under the business combination agreement previously entered into with DYNS (as a result of such one investor failing to timely fund its $16.2 million commitment).

DYNSs board members, Dr. Omid Farokhzad and David Epstein, have joined the Senti Bio Board of Directors. The other Senti Bio board members are Susan Berland, Dr. James Collins, Dr. Brenda Cooperstone, Dr. Timothy Lu and Edward Mathers.

Uses of Proceeds and Planned Milestones Proceeds from the transaction are expected to provide Senti Bio with capital to further develop its gene circuit technologies and therapeutic pipeline, including:

Summary of Progress to Date

Advisors J.P. Morgan acted as lead capital markets advisor to DYNS and as co-placement agent to DYNS on the PIPE. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as financial advisor to DYNS and as co-placement agent to DYNS on the PIPE. BofA Securities acted as exclusive financial advisor to Senti Bio and as co-placement agent to DYNS on the PIPE. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP acted as legal advisor to DYNS. Goodwin Procter LLP acted as legal advisor to Senti Bio. Latham & Watkins LLP acted as legal advisor to J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Securities in their roles as placement agents for the PIPE.

About Senti Bio Our mission is to create a new generation of smarter medicines that outmaneuver complex diseases using novel and unprecedented approaches. To accomplish this, we are building a synthetic biology platform that may enable us to program next-generation cell and gene therapies with what we refer to as Gene Circuits. These Gene Circuits, which are created from novel and proprietary combinations of DNA sequences, are designed to reprogram cells with biological logic to sense inputs, compute decisions and respond to their cellular environments. We aim to design Gene Circuits to improve the intelligence of cell and gene therapies in order to enhance their therapeutic effectiveness, precision and durability against a broad range of diseases that conventional medicines do not readily address. Our synthetic biology platform utilizes off-the-shelf chimeric antigen receptor natural killer (CAR-NK) cells, outfitted with these Gene Circuit technologies, to target particularly challenging liquid and solid tumor oncology indications. Our lead programs include SENTI-202 and SENTI-301. SENTI-202 is a Logic Gated OR+NOT off-the-shelf CAR-NK cell therapy designed to target and eliminate acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells while sparing the healthy bone marrow. SENTI-301 is a Multi-Armed off-the-shelf CAR-NK cell therapy designed for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We anticipate filing Investigational New Drug (IND) applications in 2023 for both candidates. Over the past several months, Senti Bio scientists have presented preclinical proof-of-concept data across various programs including at the annual meetings of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT), the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), and the American Society of Hematology (ASH). We have also demonstrated the breadth of our Gene Circuits in other modalities and diseases outside of oncology and have executed partnerships with Spark Therapeutics and BlueRock Therapeutics to advance these capabilities. For more information, please visit the Senti Bio website at https://www.sentibio.com.

About Dynamics Special Purpose Corp. DYNS was formed in May 2021 for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It focused its search in healthcare and the life sciences, including development platforms that enable applications in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or advanced biomaterials and, within that context, life-sciences tools, enabling software, synthetic biology and novel drug discovery.

Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to DYNS and Senti Bio. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words believe, could, predict, continue, ongoing, project, expect, anticipate, estimate, intend, strategy, future, opportunity, plan, may, should, will, would, will be, will continue, will likely result, forecast, seek, target and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations of Senti Bios and DYNSs management and assumptions, whether or not identified in this document, and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding estimates and forecasts of financial and performance metrics, projections of market opportunity and market share, expectations and timing related to preclinical, clinical and regulatory milestones, potential benefits of the business combination and the potential success of Senti Bio's business strategy, the initial market capitalization and cash runway of the combined company, the benefits of the business combination, as well as statements about the potential attributes and benefits of Senti Bios product candidates and the progress and timing of Senti Bios product development activities, IND filings and clinical trials and expectations related to the effects of the business combination and the PIPE financing, including the unfunded portion thereof. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of Senti Bio and DYNS. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this document, including but not limited to: (i) changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions, (ii) risks that the transaction disrupts current plans and operations of Senti Bio and potential difficulties in Senti Bio employee retention as a result of the transaction, (iii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Senti Bio or DYNS related to the Business Combination Agreement or the transaction, or any governmental or regulatory proceedings, investigations or inquiries, (iv) volatility in the price of Senti Bios securities, which may arise due to a variety of factors, including changes in the competitive and highly regulated industries in which Senti Bio currently operates and plans to operate, variations in operating performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting DYNSs or Senti Bios business and changes in the capital structure of the combined company, (v) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts and other expectations after the completion of the transaction, to realize the anticipated benefits of the transaction, and to identify and realize additional opportunities, (vi) the risk of downturns and a changing regulatory landscape in Senti Bios highly competitive industry, (vii) risks relating to the uncertainty of any projected financial information with respect to Senti Bio, (viii) risks related to uncertainty in the timing or results of Senti Bios preclinical studies and any future clinical trials, product acceptance and/or receipt of regulatory approvals for Senti Bios product candidates, (ix) the ability of the combined company to compete effectively and its ability to manage growth, (x) risks related to delays and other impacts from the COVID 19 pandemic, (xi) the ability of the combined company to issue equity or equity-linked securities in the future, and (xii) the success of any future research, development and commercialization efforts by the combined company.

Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Senti Bio assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Senti Bio gives no assurance that Senti Bio will achieve its expectations. The inclusion of any statement in this communication does not constitute an admission by Senti Bio or any other person that the events or circumstances described in such statement are material.

Non-Solicitation This press release does not constitute (i) a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the Business Combination or (ii) an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation to purchase any security of Senti Bio, or any of its respective affiliates. No such offering or securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Additional Information About the Business Combination and Where To Find It DYNS filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (the Registration Statement) with the SEC, which was declared effective on May 13, 2022. The Registration Statement includes a proxy statement/prospectus. The proxy statement/prospectus contains important information about DYNS, Senti Bio and the business combination. Senti Bios stockholders may access a copy of the Registration Statement, as well as other documents filed with the SEC by DYNS, without charge at the SEC's website located at http://www.sec.gov.

INVESTMENT IN ANY SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SEC OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOR HAS ANY AUTHORITY PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION OR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

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Global Cell Therapy Market 2022 – Featuring JCR Pharmaceuticals, PHARMICELL and Osiris Therapeutics Among Others – ResearchAndMarkets.com – Business…

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Cell Therapy Global Market Report 2022, Type, Therapy Type, Application" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This report provides strategists, marketers and senior management with the critical information they need to assess the global cell therapy market.

This report focuses on cell therapy market which is experiencing strong growth. The report gives a guide to the cell therapy market which will be shaping and changing our lives over the next ten years and beyond, including the markets response to the challenge of the global pandemic.

The global cell therapy market is expected to grow from $7.2 billion in 2020 to $7.82 billion in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.6%.

The growth is mainly due to the companies resuming their operations and adapting to the new normal while recovering from the COVID-19 impact, which had earlier led to restrictive containment measures involving social distancing, remote working, and the closure of commercial activities that resulted in operational challenges. The market is expected to reach $12.06 billion in 2025 at a CAGR of 11%.

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The cell therapy market consists of sales of cell therapy and related services. Cell therapy (CT) helps repair or replace damaged tissues and cells. A variety of cells are used for the treatment of diseases includes skeletal muscle stem cells, hematopoietic (blood-forming) stem cells (HSC), lymphocytes, mesenchymal stem cells, pancreatic islet cells, and dendritic cells.

The main type in cell therapy are stem cell therapy, cell vaccine, adoptive cell transfer (act), fibroblast cell therapy and chondrocyte cell therapy. Stem cell treatment, also known as regenerative medicine, uses stem cells or their derivatives to stimulate the healing response of sick, defective, or wounded tissue. The different types of therapies include allogeneic therapies, autologous therapies and is used in various applications such as oncology, cardiovascular disease (CVD), orthopedic, wound healing, others.

The regions covered in this report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa.

The rising prevalence of chronic diseases contributed to the growth of the cell therapy market. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chronic disease is a condition that lasts for one year or more and requires medical attention or limits daily activities or both and includes heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and Parkinson's disease. Stem cells can benefit the patients suffering from spinal cord injuries, type 1 diabetes, Parkinson's disease (PD), heart disease, cancer, and osteoarthritis.

For instance, according to the Center for Diseases Control and Prevention report in 2021, due to poor nutrition, and lack of physical activity, 6 in 10 adults in the USA are suffering from a chronic disease and 4 in 10 have two or more diseases. According to International Diabetes Federation, in 2019, globally 463 million people have diabetes and the number is expected to rise to 700 million by 2045.

According to the Parkinson's Foundation, every year, 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with PD, and more than 10 million people are living with PD worldwide. The growing prevalence of chronic diseases increased the demand for cell therapies and contributed to the growth of the market.

The high cost of cell therapy hindered the growth of the cell therapy market. Cell therapies have become a common choice of treatment in recent years as people are looking for the newest treatment options. Although there is a huge increase in demand for cell therapies, they are still very costly to try. Basic joint injections can cost about $1,000 and, based on the condition, more specialized procedures can cost up to $ 100,000. In 2020, the average cost of stem cell therapy can range from $4000 - $8,000 in the USA. Therefore, the high cost of cell therapy restraints the growth of the cell therapy market.

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1. Executive Summary

2. Cell Therapy Market Characteristics

3. Cell Therapy Market Trends And Strategies

4. Impact Of COVID-19 On Cell Therapy

5. Cell Therapy Market Size And Growth

6. Cell Therapy Market Segmentation

7. Cell Therapy Market Regional And Country Analysis

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Synthetic Receptor Could Alleviate Need for Chemo Treatment Before T-Cell Therapy – Technology Networks

Before a patient can undergo T cell therapy designed to target cancerous tumors, the patients entire immune system must be destroyed with chemotherapy or radiation. The toxic side effects are well known, including nausea, extreme fatigue and hair loss.

Now a research team, led by UCLAsAnusha Kalbasi, MD, in collaboration with scientists from Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania, has shown that a synthetic IL-9 receptor allows those cancer-fighting T cells to do their work without the need for chemo or radiation. T cells engineered with the synthetic IL-9 receptor, designed in the laboratory of Christopher Garcia, PhD, at Stanford, were potent against tumors in mice, aspublished Wednesday in Nature.

When T cells are signaling through the synthetic IL-9 receptor, they gain new functions that help them not only outcompete the existing immune system but also kill cancer cells more efficiently, Kalbasi said. I have a patient right now struggling through toxic chemotherapy just to wipe out his existing immune system so T cell therapy can have a fighting chance. But with this technology you might give T cell therapy without having to wipe out the immune system beforehand.

Kalbasi, a researcher at theUCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Centerand an assistant professor of radiation oncology at theDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, began the work while under the mentorship ofAntoni Ribas, MD, PhD, a senior investigator on the study. The study was also led by Mikko Siurala, PhD, from the laboratory of Carl June, MD, at Penn, and Leon L. Su, PhD, of the Garcia Lab at Stanford.

This finding opens a door for us to be able to give T cells a lot like we give a blood transfusion, Ribas said.

Ribas and Garcia collaborated on a paper published in 2018 that focused on the concept that a synthetic version of interleukin-2 (IL-2), a critical T cell growth cytokine, could be used to stimulate T cells engineered with a matching synthetic receptor for the synthetic IL-2. With this system, T cells can be manipulated even after they have been given to a patient, by treating the patient with the synthetic cytokine (which has no effect on other cells in the body). Intrigued by that work, Kalbasi and colleagues were interested in testing modified versions of the synthetic receptor that transmit other cytokine signals from the common-gamma chain family: IL-4, -7, -9 and -21.

It was clear early on that, among the synthetic common-gamma chain signals, the IL-9 signal was worth investigating, Kalbasi said, adding that unlike other common-gamma chain cytokines, IL-9 signaling is not typically active in naturally occurring T cells. The synthetic IL-9 signal made T cells take on a unique mix of both stem-cell and killer-like qualities that made them more robust in fighting tumors. In one of our cancer models, we cured over half the mice that were treated with the synthetic IL-9 receptor T cells.

Kalbasi said the therapy proved to be effective in multiple systems. They targeted two types of hard-to-treat cancer models in mice pancreatic cancer and melanoma and used T cells targeted to cancer cells through the natural T cell receptor or a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). The therapy also worked whether we gave the cytokine to the whole mouse or directly to the tumor. In all cases, T cells engineered with synthetic IL-9 receptor signaling were superior and helped us cure some tumors in mice when we couldnt do it otherwise.

Reference:Kalbasi A, Siurala M, Su LL, et al. Potentiating adoptive cell therapy using synthetic IL-9 receptors. Nature. 2022:1-6. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04801-2

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MD Anderson researchers present cellular therapy advances at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting – EurekAlert

Highlights include three-year data from ZUMA-2, gamma delta CAR T cell therapy and NK cell combination treatment

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

ABSTRACTS 7518, 7509, 8009

Promising clinical results with cellular therapies for patients with blood cancers highlight advances being presented by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

These findings include long-term outcomes of patients receiving an infusion of brexucabtagene autoleucel (KTE-X19) for mantle cell lymphoma, efficacy of gamma delta CAR T therapy for aggressive B-cell lymphoma and responses of umbilical cord blood-derived expanded natural killer cells when given together with combination therapy before stem cell transplant.

CAR T cell therapy shows durable responses after three years for patients with mantle cell lymphoma (Abstract 7518) Three-year follow-up data from the Phase II ZUMA-2 trial showed a long-term survival benefit and low disease relapse potential with one infusion of the anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy brexucabtagene autoleucel (KTE-X19) in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). Principal investigator Michael Wang, M.D., professor of Lymphoma and Myeloma, presented results from the trial, and study results were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

The updated results include all 68 patients treated with KTE-X19 on the trial with an additional two years of follow-up. After 35.6 months median follow-up, the overall response rate was 91%, with a 68% complete response rate. The median duration of response was 28.2 months, with 25 of 68 treated patients still in ongoing response at data cutoff.

This represents the longest follow-up of CAR T cell therapy in patients with mantle cell lymphoma to date, Wang said. It is encouraging to see this therapy induced durable long-term responses and a low relapse rate for these patients.

All patients had R/R disease after receiving up to five therapies, and all had received previous Brutons tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor therapy. BTK inhibitors have greatly improved outcomes in R/R MCL, yet patients who have subsequent disease progression are likely to have poor outcomes, with median overall survival of just six to 10 months. Few patients in this category qualify to proceed to an allogeneic stem cell transplant.

Response and survival benefits were positive regardless of the prior BTK inhibitor type. Ongoing effectiveness trended lower in patients with prior acalabrutinib exposure. More investigation is needed to determine the mechanism behind these differences. The findings support future study of CD19-directed CAR T cell therapy in patients with high-risk MCL in earlier treatment lines.

The researchers also evaluated minimal residual disease (MRD) as an exploratory endpoint using next-generation sequencing on 29 patients. Of those, 24 were MRD-negative at one month, and 15 of 19 with available data were MRD-negative at six months. Circulating tumor DNA analysis of MRD at three and six months was predictive of disease relapse.

The treatment was well tolerated, as reported in previous studies with this therapy. Only 3% of treatment-emergent adverse events (AE) of interest occurred since the primary report. The most frequent Grade 3 AE was neutropenia.

The study was funded by Kite Pharma, a Gilead Company. Wang has received research support and has served on the advisory board and as a consultant for Kite Pharma. A complete list of collaborating authors can be found within the abstract here.

Allogeneic gamma delta CAR T cell therapy displayed encouraging efficacy in B-cell lymphoma (Abstract 7509) In the Phase 1 GLEAN trial of ADI-001, an anti-CD20 CAR-engineered allogeneic gamma delta T cell product, the treatment was well tolerated and showed continued efficacy in patients with R/R aggressive B-cell lymphoma. Results from the ongoing trial were presented by Sattva Neelapu, M.D., professor ofLymphoma and Myeloma.

The first-in-human trial enrolled ten patients and eight were evaluable and monitored for at least 28 days. The median age was 62 years and patients received a median of 4 prior therapies. At Day 28, the overall response rate (ORR) and complete response (CR) rate based upon PET/CT was 75%. The ORR and CR rate was 80% at dose levels two and three combined. The ORR and CR rate in CAR-T relapsed patients was 100%.

The responses to ADI-001 in this population of heavily pre-treated and refractory lymphoma patients, including in those with prior CD19 CAR T cell therapy, is very promising, Neelapu said. These results suggest the potential for off-the-shelf gamma delta CAR T cell therapy to be an effective treatment possibility for patients with B-cell lymphoma.

While autologous CD19-targeted CAR T cell therapy has been effective in R/R large B-cell lymphoma, there remains a need for alternative cell-based therapies. This study uses a subset of T cells, known as gamma delta 1 T cells, isolated from the peripheral blood of donors as the basis for CAR T cell therapy.

Gamma delta 1 T cells are desirable because they are able to combine both innate and adaptive mechanisms to recognize and kill malignant cells, and high levels of these cells in hematologic and solid tumors are associated with improved clinical outcomes. ADI-001 expresses major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-independent gamma delta T cell receptors, therefore lowering the risk of graft versus host disease (GvHD) without the need for gene editing.

The median age on the study was 62 years, and patients had received a median of 4 prior therapies. The treatment was well tolerated with most related events being grade 1 or 2. There were two cases of cytokine release syndrome and one case of immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome. There were no reported cases of GvHD or dose-limiting toxicity.

Enrollment in the trial is ongoing and a potentially pivotal program is planned.

The study was funded by Adicet Bio, Inc. Neelapu has received research support and has served on the advisory board and as a consultant for Adicet Bio and has intellectual property related to cell therapy. A complete list of collaborating authors can be found within the abstract here.

Expanded NK cells combined with chemoimmunotherapy achieved durable responses in multiple myeloma (Abstract 8009) Results from the expansion phase of a Phase II clinical trial demonstrated that umbilical cord blood-derived expanded natural killer (NK) cells combined with chemotherapy and immunotherapies achieved durable responses in patients with multiple myeloma. Results from the completed clinical trial were presented by Samer Srour M.D., assistant professor of Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy.

Thirty patients on the trial received NK cells plus elotuzumab (an immunotherapy monoclonal antibody), lenalidomide (an immunomodulatory drug) and high-dose melphalan chemotherapy before autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT).

At three months post-transplant, 97% of patients achieved at least a very good partial response (VGPR), including 76% with a complete response or stringent complete response, while 75% were minimal residual disease (MRD)-negative. At a median follow-up of 26 months, only four patients had progressed. At two years, the progression-free survival rate was 83% and the overall survival rate was 97%.

Patients with high-risk multiple myeloma have more options to treat their disease than previous years, but they continue to have poor outcomes, Srour said. These results indicate excellent hematologic and minimal residual disease responses and improved survival for these patients, suggesting this approach could provide an additional treatment opportunity.

NK cells are white blood cells that monitor the body for virus-infected and cancerous cells. MD Anderson researchers pioneered the approach to isolate and expand NK cells from umbilical cord blood to be used as cellular therapies. Lenalidomide enhances NK cell function and antibody-mediated cell toxicity against tumor targets. Preclinical data showed that lab-expanded NK cells demonstrated higher elotuzumab-mediated cytotoxicity against myeloma targets than non-expanded cells, and that the addition of elotuzumab to lenalidomide amplified the cord blood-NK cell antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity against a commonly used cell line to evaluate novel therapies for multiple myeloma (MM1.S) targets.

The study enrolled 30 patients with high-risk multiple myeloma, with a median age of 63. Twenty-nine patients (97%) had Revised Multiple Myeloma International Staging System (R-ISS) stages 2/3, 40% had 2 high-risk genetic abnormalities, and 23% had deletions or mutations of TP53. The primary endpoints were best response rate (VGPR) and MRD three months after ASCT.

Before the ASCT, stem cells are taken from the patient and stored. After treatment with the immunotherapy and chemotherapy drugs, stem cells are then returned to the patient to replace the blood-forming cells that were destroyed by the chemotherapy.

The treatment was well tolerated, with no unexpected serious adverse effects attributable to NK cells noted. The investigators plan to launch a randomized clinical trial to further explore this treatment combination for patients with high-risk multiple myeloma.

This study was supported with funding from the High-Risk Multiple Myeloma Moon Shot, part of MD Andersons Moon Shots Program, a collaborative effort to accelerate the development of scientific discoveries into clinical advances that save patients lives. The research also was supported by Celgene, a Bristol Myers Squibb company.

Srour has no conflicts of interest. A complete list of collaborating authors can be found within the abstract here.

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Asymmetrex Presents New Developments in its Rapid Stem Cell Counting Technology at the ARMI|BioFabUSA Meeting in the Millyard on Regenerative Medicine…

Asymmetrex reports algorithms for rapid quantification of therapeutic stem cells

BOSTON (PRWEB) June 09, 2022

In 2021, stem cell biotechnology company Asymmetrex announced its award of a Technical Project grant from ARMI|BioFabUSA. ARMI assembles, integrates, and leads academic, government, and industry partners in coordinated research and development with a unique vision of accelerating innovation in the biomanufacturing of products and treatments for regenerative medicine. Asymmetric became a member company of ARMI|BioFabUSA less than a year before being selected to evaluate whether its unique tissue stem cell counting technology could be successfully adapted for use in cell and tissue biomanufacturing.

Now, a little over a year later, the company is reporting the results of its evaluation in two presentations in ARMI|BioFabUSAs Spring Meeting in the Millyard R&D summit, scheduled for September 7-9. On the opening morning of the summit on September 7, Asymmetrex presented an interactive Technology Demonstration of the capabilities of the newly automated software for its kinetic stem cell (KSC) counting technology. Automation is one of the four main ARMI|BioFabUSA principles for accelerating biomanufacturing capability. The others are modularity, scalability, and closed operability.

The new software automation provides a tenfold increase in the speed of determinations of changes in the relative fractions for tissue stem cells and their related cell subpopulations during biomanufacturing. No other technology has this capability; and the new software automation allows it to be performed with greater speed and even greater precision.

Asymmetrexs second presentation was a poster displayed at the summits poster session on the evening of September 8. The poster provides a first look at the industry potential of validated rapid-counting algorithms for therapeutic stem cells. The speed and precision achieved by the software automation makes the derivation of these unique biological equations routine. Called Rabbit algorithms for their speed, Asymmetrex is currently developing online calculators for access to their use. The calculators use simple conventional cell count data to determine the specific fraction or dose of the tissue stem cells present in a biomanufacturing or treatment sample.

The facility and speed of the rapid stem cell counting algorithms enable straightforward integration of KSC counting for monitoring therapeutic stem cells in cell and tissue biomanufacturing processes. Asymmetrex is now designing a pilot online rapid-counting beta-test with ARMI|BioFabUSA bioengineers who collaborated in the research. Asymmetrex founder, James L. Sherley, M.D., Ph.D., expresses the companys excitement with the new advances, Determining the dose of therapeutic stem cells is now more than just possible for the first time. With ARMIs support it's getting easy to do, too!

About Asymmetrex

Asymmetrex, LLC is a Massachusetts life sciences company with a focus on developing technologies to advance stem cell medicine. The companys U.S. and U.K. patent portfolio contains biotechnologies that solve the two main technical problems stem cell-specific quantification and stem cell expansion that have stood in the way of more-effective use of human adult tissue stem cells for regenerative medicine and drug development. Asymmetrex markets kinetic stem cell (KSC) counting, the first technology for determination of the dose and quality of tissue stem cell preparations for use in stem cell transplantation medicine and pre-clinical drug evaluations. Asymmetrex is a member company of the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute | BioFabUSA (ARMI) and the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio).

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Depth of Response and Treatment Duration in Newly Diagnosed MM – Cancer Network

Rafael Fonseca, MD: While we have criteria that allows us to categorize the depth of the response for myeloma patients, we are learning that criteria perhaps in time will become more of an academic exercise. We want patients who are going to go through transplant - and that is before transplant and certainly after transplant - to achieve very deep responses and in the post-transplant period to achieve MRD negativity. So, we all see patients that are referred to the transplant centers who may have initiated on a regimen. Perhaps sometimes even a 3-drug regimen that may have, what I would say, is of optimal response. They're going into transplant with a partial response.

Well, 10 years ago, it was perfectly fine to move forward. I would suggest that those patients need to derive better disease control from an alternative combination before they proceed to transplant. For two reasons, the depth of the response seems to correlate with long-term outcomes but also there's a potential and some of you might point out this hypothetical. But there is a potential for contamination of the product or residual cells post stem cell transplant. So, I think we want to have patients go into transplant and certainly come out of transplant with the best response as possible.

In our clinical practice for patients who will go through the stem cell transplant, we do a very thorough assessment, post-stem cell transplant to determine what the next steps would be. And sometimes we have offered consolidation for patients who are still MRD positive post-stem cell transplant with an understanding that those pathways may vary according to the genetic subtype of the disease. But certainly, there's good evidence that for patients with high-risk disease leaving cells behind is associated with a very high risk of early relapse. Now whether one does that or not, the next step is of course maintenance and maintenance is supported by several randomized trials as well as a meta-analysis that shows that as of now maintenance with Lenalidomide is the standard of care. There are other studies that are exploring different maintenance strategies the use of Carfilzomib, for instance the FORTE [trial], the use of daratumumab as is being explored in the AURIGAclinical trial.

The reality is that most patients benefit from what we know today for longer duration of therapy. Our patients are going to maintenance do so with the understanding that as long as they tolerate the treatment and they have access to the treatment and assuming it's working, that is we're not seeing evidence of a disease recurrence, we will keep those patients going on that maintenance treatment. Now the reality is that the real-world evidence available from the United States suggests that most patients don't go beyond 2 years. The reasons for this are multiple but certainly a component of that is toxicity so patients having fatigue, having chronic diarrhea. I would say to patients yes, we're going to start maintenance that rather go for a longer period of time, but I understand that many patients have to stop treatment because of the symptomatology that will interfere with their quality of life.

Now we're all hoping for a future, and hopefully not too distant future, where the availability of information regarding MRD information would allow us to confidently and without other considerations stop therapy. So now we stop therapy for multiple reasons. I bring the MRD information into the bedside as we make those decisions, but there might be a more clear future where MRD itself dictates who can continue in therapy and who can stop.

A legitimate question is what will happen in the future regarding stem cell transplant for those patients that are eligible and there are many possibilities. One of them is that transplant will remain as an important step in consolidating that initial gain of induction therapy and that perhaps will build on that. We will address residual disease through novel strategies. It could include molecularly targeted strategies like Venetoclax for t(11;14) patients or immunology strategies such as could be bispecific antibodies or CAR T-cells.

There are other possibilities as well and one of the tantalizing one is that transplant might not be needed and while transplant has been very effective, it does carry a burden of symptoms. And the time away from work, from family, the hair loss, all those things. So perhaps, we will see induction therapy in other ways followed by either a CAR T-cell or one of the bispecifics, and why not? Perhaps even think of a chemotherapy free regimen that could be a bispecific plus a targeted agent that results in very significant cytoreduction and avoids the need of oculating [ph] agents. But again, this is all in in flux, evolving and being addressed through multiple clinical trials.

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UB-led study presents critical step forward in understanding Parkinson’s disease and how to treat it – University at Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. A new study led by a researcher in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo has important implications for developing future treatments for Parkinsons disease (PD), a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement and often includes tremors.

In this study, we find a method to differentiate human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to A9 dopamine neurons (A9 DA), which are lost in Parkinsons disease, says Jian Feng, PhD, professor of physiology and biophysics in the Jacobs School and the senior author on the paper published May 24 in Molecular Psychiatry.

These neurons are pacemakers that continuously fire action potentials regardless of excitatory inputs from other neurons, he adds. Their pacemaking property is very important to their function and underlies their vulnerability in Parkinsons disease.

This exciting breakthrough is a critical step forward in efforts to better understand Parkinsons disease and how to treat it, says Allison Brashear, MD, UBs vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School. Jian Feng and his team are to be commended for their innovation and resolve.

Feng explains there are many different types of dopamine neurons in the human brain, and each type is responsible for different brain functions.

Nigral dopamine neurons, also known as the A9 DA neurons, are responsible for controlling voluntary movements. The loss of these neurons causes the movement symptoms of Parkinsons disease, he says.

Scientists have been trying hard to generate these neurons from human pluripotent stem cells to study Parkinsons disease and develop better therapies, Feng says. We have succeeded in making A9 dopamine neurons from human induced pluripotent stem cells. It means that we can now generate these neurons from any PD patients to study their disease.

Feng notes that A9 DA neurons are probably the largest cells in the human body. Their volume is about four times the volume of a mature human egg.

Over 99 percent of the volume is contributed by their extremely extensive axon branches. The total length of axon branches of a single A9 DA neuron is about 4.5 meters, he says. The cell is like the water supply system in a city, with a relatively small plant and hundreds of miles of water pipes going to each building.

In addition to their unique morphology, the A9 DA neurons are pacemakers they fire action potentials continuously regardless of synaptic input.

They depend on Ca2+ channels to maintain the pacemaking activities. Thus, the cells need to deal with a lot of stress from handling Ca2+ and dopamine, Feng says. These unique features of A9 DA neurons make them vulnerable. Lots of efforts are being directed at understanding these vulnerabilities, with the hope of finding a way to arrest or prevent their loss in Parkinsons disease.

Pacemaking is an important feature and vulnerability of A9 DA neurons. Now that we can generate A9 DA pacemakers from any patient, it is possible to use these neurons to screen for compounds that may protect their loss in PD, Feng notes. It is also possible to test whether these cells are a better candidate for transplantation therapy of PD.

To differentiate human iPSCs to A9 DA neurons, the researchers tried to mimic what happens in embryonic development, in which the cells secrete proteins called morphogens to signal to each other their correct position and destiny in the embryo.

Feng notes the A9 DA neurons are in the ventral part of the midbrain in development.

Thus, we differentiate the human iPSCs in three stages, each with different chemicals to mimic the developmental process, he says. The challenge is to identify the correct concentration, duration, and treatment window of each chemical.

The combination of this painstaking work, which is based on previous work by many others in the field, makes it possible for us to generate A9 DA neurons, Feng adds.

Feng points out there are a number of roadblocks to studying Parkinsons disease, but that significant progress is being made.

There is no objective diagnostic test of Parkinsons disease, and when PD is diagnosed by clinical symptoms, it is already too late. The loss of nigral DA neurons has already been going on for at least a decade, he says.

There was previously no way to make human dopamine neurons from a PD patient so we could study these neurons to find out what goes wrong.

Scientists have been using animal models and human cell lines to study Parkinsons disease, but these systems are inadequate in their ability to reflect the situation in human nigral DA neurons, Feng says.

Just within the past 15 years, PD research has been transformed by the ability to make patient-specific dopamine neurons that are increasingly similar to their counterparts in the brain of a PD patient.

Houbo Jiang, PhD, research scientist in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and Hong Li, PhD, a former postdoctoral associate in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, are co first-authors on the paper.

Other co-authors on the study are: Hanqin Li, PhD, a graduate of the doctoral program in neuroscience and currently a postdoctoral fellow at University of California, Berkeley; Li Li, a trainee in UBs doctoral program in neuroscience; and Zhen Yan, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of physiology and biophysics.

The study was funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Institutes of Health and by New York State Stem Cell Science (NYSTEM).

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