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LONDON Ontario and BOSTON - (NewMediaWire) - October 03, 2024 - Sernova Corp. (TSX:SVA) (OTCQB:SEOVF) (FSE/XETRA:PSH), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of regenerative medicine cell therapies for treatment of chronic diseases, announced that its CEO, Jonathan Rigby, will be presenting at the 2024 Cell & Gene Meeting on the Mesa being held October 7-9, 2024, at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. The Cell & Gene Meeting on the Mesa is the sector's foremost annual conference bringing together senior executives and top decision-makers in the industry to advance cutting-edge research into cell therapy cures.
Mr. Rigby's presentation is scheduled to begin at 10:00 A.M. MT (12:00 P.M. ET) on Monday, October 7, 2024. The presentation will include updates on Sernova's type 1 diabetes phase 1/2 clinical trial at the University of Chicago, and its pre-clinical work with Evotec to advance a potential iPSC-based (induced pluripotent stem cell) islet replacement therapy with Sernova's Cell Pouch(TM) Transplant System.
ABOUT SERNOVA AND ITS CELL POUCH(TM) TRANSPLANT SYSTEM PLATFORM FOR CELL THERAPY
Sernova Corp. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that is developing therapeutic cell technologies for chronic diseases, including insulin-dependent diabetes, thyroid disease, and blood disorders that include hemophilia A. Sernova is currently focused on developing a functional cure' for insulin-dependent diabetes with its lead technology, the Cell Pouch Transplant System, a novel implantable and scalable medical device with immune protected therapeutic cells.
On implantation, The Cell Pouch forms a natural, vascularized tissue environment in the body allowing long-term survival and function of therapeutic cells that release essential factors that are absent or deficient in patients with certain chronic diseases. Sernova's Cell Pouch Transplant System has demonstrated its potential to be a functional cure' for people with T1D in an ongoing Phase I/II clinical study at the University of Chicago.
Sernova partnered with Evotec to develop an implantable off-the-shelf iPSC (induced pluripotent stem cells) based islet replacement therapy. This partnership provides Sernova a potentially unlimited supply of insulin-producing cells to treat millions of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes (type 1 and type 2). Sernova's development pipeline that uses its Cell Pouch Transplant System also includes: a cell therapy for hypothyroid disease resulting from thyroid gland removal and an ex vivo lentiviral Factor VIII gene therapy for hemophilia A.