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Gene therapy ‘factory’ to save children

Tuesday, 1 February 2022

A new “factory” that will produce benign viruses for Great Ormond Street Hospital is expected to accelerate the development of life-saving gene therapy drugs.
The facility, which is based in the hospital and operated by the biotech company ViroCell Biologics, will more than double Britain’s capacity to manufacture a key type of gene therapy.

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