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American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy

The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) is an American non-profit organization based in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

History

ASGCT launched its official journal, Molecular Therapy, in January 2000. Inder Verma served as founding editor-in-chief.[1]

COVID-19

On November 17, 2020, ASGCT published an article titled "COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Show Gene Therapy is a Viable Strategy," declaring that "findings from Moderna and Pfizer demonstrate that gene therapy is a viable strategy for developing vaccines to combat COVID-19."[2]

On December 30, 2020, ASGCT uploaded a video to YouTube titled "mRNA vaccines for COVID-19." The description disclosed funding from Pfizer for creation of the video's subtitles.[3] A second video funded by Pfizer was uploaded on April 7, 2021, titled "Adenovirus-Based Vaccine for COVID-19."[4]

Funding

Current and former funders of ASGCT include:[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

  • Advanced Therapeutics Cluster (ATC)
  • Alpha-1 Foundation
  • Althea Technologies
  • American Fluoroseal Corporation (AFC)
  • AmpliPhi Biosciences
  • Aventis
  • Avigen
  • Beacon Therapeutics
  • Beckman Research Institute
  • Benitec Biopharma
  • Bentham Science Publishers
  • Biogen
  • BioTechniques
  • Board of Governors Gene Therapeutics Research Institute (GTRI)
  • Canji
  • Cantab
  • Cardium Therapeutics
  • Cell Genesys
  • Celladon
  • Cellectis Therapeutics
  • CellGenix
  • Ceregene
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
  • Chiron Corporation[1:1]
  • Cooley's Anemia Foundation
  • Corning
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
  • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  • enGene
  • Fanconi Anemia Research Fund (FARF)
  • Florida Biologix
  • Foundation Fighting Blindness
  • Genetic Therapy
  • GenomIdea
  • GenPhar
  • GenVec
  • Genzyme
  • Ichor Medical Systems
  • IGEA
  • ImmPORT Therapeutics
  • Inovio Pharmaceuticals
  • Introgen Therapeutics
  • Kriya Therapeutics[12]
  • March of Dimes
  • MaxCyte
  • Medigene
  • Mirus Bio
  • MolMed
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
  • National MPS Society
  • Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
  • Nature Technology Corporation (NTC)
  • Never Give Up
  • O.D. 260
  • Office of Rare Diseases (ORD)
  • Pfizer[3:1][4:1]
  • Polyplus
  • Prestwick Pharmaceuticals
  • Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics (CCMT)
  • REGENXBIO
  • RheoGene
  • Rimedion
  • Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  • Sangamo Therapeutics
  • Shire
  • Sigma-Aldrich
  • Springer
  • Stanford University Medical Center
  • Valentis
  • VGXI
  • Vical
  • ViroMed
  • Virovek
  • VIRxSYS
  • Wiley-Blackwell

Videos

  1. Woo, S. L. C. (2000, June 1). 3rd Annual Meeting Archive. American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy. http://archive.today/2013.03.29-103736/http://www.asgct.org/meeting_archives/am00/presaddress.php ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Demonstrate Gene Therapy is a Viable Strategy. (2020, November 17). American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy. http://archive.today/2023.06.28-190003/https://asgct.org/publications/news/november-2020/covid-19-moderna-nih-vaccine ↩︎

  3. ASGCT. (2020, December 30). mRNA Vaccines for COVID-19. YouTube. https://web.archive.org/web/20220923112808/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR-9Bo2CaRQ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. ASGCT. (2021, April 7). Adenovirus-Based Vaccine for COVID-19. YouTube. https://web.archive.org/web/20231119014806/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMoW-2HTVII ↩︎ ↩︎

  5. 2009 Annual Meeting. American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy. Retrieved December 5, 2009, from http://archive.today/2009.12.05-214452/http://www.asgct.org/am09/prelim/supporters.php ↩︎

  6. Carter, B. J. (2011). 14th Annual Meeting - Final Program. American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy. https://web.archive.org/web/20150226065847/http://www.asgct.org/am11/AM11_Final_Program.pdf ↩︎

  7. ASGT Fourth Annual Meeting - Exhibitors and Supporters. American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy. Retrieved May 3, 2016, from https://web.archive.org/web/20160503070607/http://www.asgct.org/meeting_archives/am01/listofexhibitors.html ↩︎

  8. ASGT 6th Annual Meeting Supporters. American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy. Retrieved May 3, 2016, from https://web.archive.org/web/20160503070719/http://www.asgct.org/meeting_archives/am03/supporters.html ↩︎

  9. ASGT 8th Annual Meeting Supporters. American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy. Retrieved August 11, 2011, from https://web.archive.org/web/20110811103834/http://www.asgct.org/am05/program/supporters.shtml ↩︎

  10. 9th Annual Meeting Supporters. American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy. Retrieved May 3, 2016, from https://web.archive.org/web/20160503070521/http://www.asgct.org/am06/program/supporters.php ↩︎

  11. ASGT 10th Annual Meeting Supporters. (2007, April). American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy. https://web.archive.org/web/20160503070531/http://www.asgct.org/am07/supporters.php ↩︎

  12. Home. ASGCT Annual Meeting. Retrieved January 9, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.01.09-180425/https://annualmeeting.asgct.org/ ↩︎