Beyond Biotech - the podcast from Labiotech

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How Evox Therapeutics is targeting CNS diseases with exosomes

How Evox Therapeutics is targeting CNS diseases with exosomes4 sep31 min

Gene therapy has largely stayed out of the brain, and the blood-brain barrier has been the reason why — it protects the brain from harm, but it also blocks most advanced medicines from ever reaching it. That's now beginning to change. The recent FDA approval of a brain-penetrant enzyme therapy for Hunter syndrome showed that biologics can cross that barrier and work. The next question is whether gene editing can do the same. My guest today is Dr. Per Lundin, Co-Founder and CEO of Evox Therape...