Share this article PALO ALTO, Calif., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Genascence Corporation, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing life-changing gene therapy products for prevalent musculoskeletal diseases, today announced that dosing across all three cohorts has been completed in the Phase 1 clinical trial of GNSC-001 for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA). GNSC-001 is an adeno-associated vector (AAV) carrying a coding sequence for interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), a potent inhibitor of interleukin-1 (IL-1) signaling. IL-1 is considered one of the key mediators involved in the pathogenesis of OA, causing inflammation as well as cartilage destruction. GNSC-001 is designed to offer long-term, sustained inhibition of IL-1 following a single injection into the affected joint.