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Every cell in the human body contains essentially the same genetic instructions, yet a heart cell behaves very differently from a nerve or skin cell. For many years, scientists assumed that once a cell ...

Cancer treatment has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past decade. What if, instead of relying solely on drugs to attack tumors, we could reprogram a patient's own immune cells to seek out and ...

CRISPR technologies can rewrite a disease-causing DNA sequence, switch a gene off, correct a single genetic letter or even alter gene activity without changing the underlying DNA. Yet a genome editor can only work ...

What if one of the biggest obstacles in gene therapy could be solved by borrowing a concept from everyday life? Just as Velcro joins two separate pieces together to create a strong and functional ...

On 23 July, a workshop was held at the CTGCT following the installation of a new Infinite 200 PRO luminometer. During the session, our colleagues were introduced to the instrument and received hands-on training ...

How does a breakthrough gene therapy begin? What does it take to turn a scientific idea into a treatment that can reach a patient? In this interview, Duško Lainšček, researcher at the Institute of Chemistry ...

How can Europe accelerate the journey from scientific discovery to life-changing treatments for patients with rare genetic diseases? This question was at the heart of a recent Bloomberg Adria interview featuring Dr. Mojca Benčina ...

On 12 June 2026, representatives of the National Institute of Chemistry and CTGCT visited Gimnazija Jesenice, where they presented modern biological medicines and the development of gene and cell therapies to third-year students.

The CTGCT was represented at the GMP Symposium 2026, held in Tuheljske Toplice, where leading experts gathered to exchange knowledge and practical experiences in GMP environments. As part of the scientific program, our head Dr. ...

On the 2nd of June 2026, the GeneH Consortium met together in Ljubljana for their yearly meeting and on the 3rd the consortium organized together with the Center for Functional Genomics and BioChips (CFGBC), ...

At the ASGCT 2026 Annual Meeting in Boston (May 11–15, 2026), held held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, our colleague Dr. Duško Lainšček presented two pieces of work that reflect this translational reality. One of ...