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Meiragtx is a company developing gene—therapy treatments. while gene therapy itself has existed for around two decades, scientists and researchers here are looking to progress it to the next level. traditional gene therapy works by replacing broken or faulty genes that are causing a condition with working copies of those genes. the therapies being developed here use harmless viruses to carry the genes, which are being paired with a form of biological switch that can be taken in tablet form. where disease is caused by a gene becoming incorrectly switched on, this treatment tries to turn it of...

Becoming incorrectly switched on, this treatment tries to turn it off — or vice versa. when the idea of gene therapy started, one of the big issues was, how do you get those genes into people? so we, and others, over the last five to ten years, have developed a new viral vector, and we're manufacturing that here to deliver the genes we're delivering into the body. in addition, at meira, we've actually developed, over the last seven years, a totally new technology which allows us to, in the future, control how those genes delivered to the body are activated using pills. one of the six clinica...

Gene—therapy treatments. while gene therapy itself has existed for around two decades, scientists and researchers here are looking to progress it to the next level. traditional gene therapy works by replacing broken or faulty genes that are causing a condition with working copies of those genes. the therapies being developed here use harmless viruses to carry the genes, which are being paired with a form of biological switch that can be taken in tablet form. where disease is caused by a gene becoming incorrectly switched on, this treatment tries to turn it off — or vice versa. when the ide...

Existed for around two decades, scientists and researchers here are looking to progress it to the next level. traditional gene therapy works by replacing broken or faulty genes that are causing a condition with working copies of those genes. the therapies being developed here use harmless viruses to carry the genes, which are being paired with a form of biological switch that can be taken in tablet form. where disease is caused by a gene becoming incorrectly switched on, this treatment tries to turn it off or vice versa. when the idea of gene therapy started, one of the big issues was — how ...

Where disease is caused by a gene becoming incorrectly switched on, this treatment tries to turn it off or vice versa. when the idea of gene therapy started, one of the big issues was — how do you get those genes into people? so we and others, over the last five to ten years, have developed a new viral vector, and we're manufacturing that here to deliver the genes we're delivering into the body. in addition, at meira, we've actually developed over the last seven years a totally new technology which allows us to, in the future, control how those genes that are delivered to the body are activa...