Astellas Pharma said on December 19 that it has snared the rights to US genomic medicine specialist Sangamo Therapeutics’ proprietary neurotropic adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid to develop therapies for neurological diseases. Sangamo’s capsid, dubbed STAC-BBB, has demonstrated potent blood-brain barrier…
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