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8 January 2026

Ascend Advanced Therapies – ABL Inc. Further Strengthens Executive Team As It Drives Forward An Ambitious Growth Strategy

Rockville, Maryland – 8 January 2026 – Ascend Advanced Therapies – ABL Inc. today announced significant appointments to its...

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24 November 2025

Advancing rAAV Characterization with Oxford Nanopore Sequencing

In this recorded webinar hosted by Oxford Nanopore Technologies, scientists from Ascend Advanced Therapies discuss how they have implemented Oxford Nanopore...

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10 November 2025

Ascend Unveils Proprietary Enhancers That Significantly Improve AAV Yields Without Compromising Quality

New data from Ascend’s R&D team demonstrate up to 3-fold increase in AAV yields supporting greater efficiency and scalability...

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5 November 2025

Ascend Advanced Therapies Identifies microRNAs That Enhance AAV Vector Production

Screen of more than 2,400 microRNAs identifies multiple candidates that significantly enhance vector productivity without compromising quality attributes. Munich,...

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8 October 2025

European Patent on Ascend Advanced Therapies’ EpyQ® AAV Plasmid Technology Successfully Defended at the EPO

Rockville, Maryland – 8th October, 2025 – Ascend Advanced Therapies (Ascend), a gene-to-GMP development partner, today announced that its...

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28 July 2025

Performance Evaluation of the ABL p24 ELISA Kit for Accurate Lentiviral Vector Titer Determination in Cell and Gene Therapy Applications

The ABL p24 ELISA kit, originally developed for HIV titer determination, has evolved into a critical tool for the...

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2 July 2025

The Final Mile: Why Fill/Finish Operations Make or Break Viral Vector Therapies 

After years of groundbreaking research and millions in development costs, the future of a revolutionary gene therapy can come...

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10 June 2025

Ascend Completes GMP Certification for Quality Control Testing in Munich Facility

 Rockville, Maryland – 10 June 2025 – Ascend Advanced Therapies (Ascend), a gene-to-GMP development partner, has received GMP certification...

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6 June 2025

Accelerating LVV Process Development with Fast, Precise Titer Determination – Part 3

Rapid LVV Titer Determination with the Virus Counter Plus Platform  In Part One of this blog series, we introduced...

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2 June 2025

Accelerating LVV Process Development with Fast, Precise Titer Determination – Part 2

Overcoming the Limitations of Current LVV Titer Measurement As described in Part One of this blog series, quantification of...

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2 June 2025

Accelerating LVV Process Development with Fast, Precise Titer Determination – Part 1

Growing demand for lentiviral vectors (LVVs) is creating the need for robust, scalable, GMP manufacturing processes. Accelerating process development...

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