Editas Medicine to Present Data Demonstrating Progress Towards Transformative Gene Editing Medicines for the Treatment of Hemoglobinopathies and Cancer at the ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition
EDIT-301 preclinical data support differentiated approach to develop a transformative medicine for people living with transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia
Preclinical data demonstrating proprietary CRISPR/Cas12a multiplexed editing of iPSCs enhances iNK tumor killing ability, supporting promise as a potential therapeutic approach for solid tumors
- Edited peripheral blood CD34+ cells mobilized from transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia (TDT) patients demonstrated significantly improved red blood cell production and increased hemoglobin content, supporting the development of EDIT-301 for the treatment of TDT; and
- Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC)-derived natural killer cells (iNKs), edited with proprietary CRISPR/Cas12a to double knock-out (DKO) CISH and TGFβR2, demonstrated robust tumor reduction in vivo as compared to wild type iNKs, supporting the development of DKO iNKs as a potent allogeneic cell-based medicine for cancer.
“At ASH, we will present preclinical data from our EDIT-301 program that reinforces our belief that our differentiated therapeutic strategy leveraging our highly-specific engineered Cas12a enzyme with more physiologic targeting has great potential for transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia. We believe that EDIT-301 has the potential to be an efficacious autologous cell therapy for TDT, and we remain on track to file an IND by year-end,” said
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Title: Preclinical Development of EDIT301, an Autologous Cell Therapy Comprising AsCas12a-RNP Modified Mobilized Peripheral Blood-CD34+ Cells for the Potential Treatment of Transfusion Dependent Beta Thalassemia
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Title: Deletion of CISH and TGFβR2 in iPSC-Derived NK Cells Promotes High Cytotoxicity and Enhances In
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About EDIT-301
EDIT-301 is an experimental, autologous cell therapy medicine under investigation for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia (TDT). EDIT-301 is comprised of sickle patient (for SCD) or normal donor (for TDT) CD34+ cells genetically modified using a highly specific and efficient CRISPR/Cas12a (also known as Cpf1) ribonucleoprotein (RNP) that targets the HBG1 and HBG2 promoters in the beta-globin locus where naturally occurring fetal hemoglobin (HbF) inducing mutations reside. Red blood cells derived from EDIT-301 CD34+ cells demonstrate a sustained increase in HbF production, which has the potential to provide a one-time, durable treatment benefit for people living with sickle cell disease and TDT.
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