NxGEN Vector Solutions merged last month with ImmunoCurex, a gene therapy company focused on generating programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) polypeptides for AAV gene transfer. NxGEN Vector Solutions will gain a second AAV gene therapy platform—an immunosuppressive therapy to treat immune or inflammatory diseases or conditions—and plans to continue to develop the technology. NxGEN Vector Solutions is collaborating with Robert Jarvik, MD, the inventor of the artificial heart and founder of Jarvik Heart, and Douglas McCarty, PhD, senior director of vector development at Pfizer, on this platform.
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