Tagged: Immunotherapy

Genprex is harnessing the power of a combinational treatment approach to overcome treatment limitations and offer patients new treatment options.

Genprex, a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing potentially life-changing technologies for cancer patients, is raising the standard in cancer treatment by developing what it calls an “immunogene therapy,” which harnesses the power of immunotherapy’s immunomodulation through the delivery of a gene therapy.

Gene therapies and immunotherapies are two different types of treatment….

AUSTIN, Texas & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— (July 1, 2019) — Genprex, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNPX), a clinical stage gene therapy company, today provided an update on development of its lead drug candidate, Oncoprex™ immunogene therapy, in combination with immunotherapy for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). 

In July 2018, the company entered a Sponsored Research Agreement with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (“MD Anderson”) to fund a research study entitled, “A Novel Therapeutic Approach for the Treatment of Cancer Using a Combination of the Multifactorial Tumor Suppressor Gene TUSC2 and Immunotherapy.” The TUSC2 gene is the active agent in Genprex’s Oncoprex immunogene therapy….