hoffentlich rutscht Adaptimmune dadurch nicht in die zweite Reihe - aber aktuell sind mehrere Stellen bei Adaptimmune in UK dafür offen, vermutlich auch als Angebot an freigesetzte Kräfte im Zuge der Optionsausübung NY-ESO durch GSK.
Aus den Stellenbeschreibungen kann man interessante Details erfahren: "The goal of the Stem Cell Research team is to produce an ‘off the shelf’ allogeneic T-cell product derived from a stem cell source. If successful this will replace the autologous approach we currently use and significantly reduce the time/cost to treat patients.
The Stem cell group is currently expanding to recruit three T-cell scientists to support the research and development of stem cell derived T-cells. This will involve working with an established stem cell team, conducting characterisation studies on stem cell derived T-cells to determine whether they differ in terms of phenotype and functionality to our existing autologous T-cell product. It will require assay development to functionally characterise the effect of each gene-editing step we introduce into the cells by determining their potency and safety. This may also include supporting animal studies which will be conducted by external parties.
Scientists will need to conduct work with stem cells to differentiate sufficient numbers of T-cells for characterisation studies. ...."
und aus einer Techniker Stellenbeschreibung: "...The primary purpose of this role is to provide routine lab maintenance and conduct routine experiments to support the Stem Cell Research team as directed by the line manager (Scientist) with limited supervision. The team is concerned with the testing and validation of stem cell lines that will be generated from the Universal Cell collaboration. Once fully characterised, stem cells will be released for onward T cell differentiation, with further testing of those expressing optimised engineered T-cell receptors, for selection as a preclinical candidate for the treatment of various cancers. These TCR-transduced, stem cell derived T cells will then be assessed in an extensive potency and safety preclinical package, and transferred to a dedicated process development team for scale-up and manufacture. Activities in support of these different functions within the Universal Cell project will be the main role of the applicant. The job holder will be responsible for the interpretation of scientific results under the supervision of their line manager. 20%: Routine lab maintenance. Duties to include: consumables ordering, lab cleaning and maintenance, preparing stock solutions, communal reagents and media, waste management autoclaving, and stock checking, ...."
Meine Schlüsse:
- Man scheint also jetzt in der Präklinischen Arbeit bei der in-vivo Phase angekommen zu sein und könnte im Vergleich zu bisherigen Abläufen in ca. 1-2 Jahren in die Klink kommen. - Falls es klappt sollen die Autologen Verfahren duch universelle Verfahren ersetzt werden! - Für diese Forschung werden wohl auch wieder Tierversuche benötigt. Reine Spekulation - KEINE Handelsempfehlung. |