RICHMOND, Calif., April 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO), a genomic medicine company, today announced that the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) has accepted three Sangamo abstracts for presentation at the 29^th ASGCT Annual Meeting being held May 11-15, 2026, in-person in Boston, MA and in a virtual format. Presentations will highlight the progression of Sangamo’s neurology pipeline, including advances in zinc finger epigenetic regulation and developments in modular integrase technology.

“ASGCT is an important forum for showcasing innovation in gene and cell therapy, and we look forward to presenting advances in our neurology pipeline, alongside the strength of our genome engineering platform,” said Sandy Macrae, Chief Executive Officer of Sangamo Therapeutics. “These data will demonstrate the potency, versatility and specificity of our neurology epigenetic regulation capabilities, as well as the promise of our MINT platform to integrate large DNA payloads into the genome – an approach that may expand the possibilities for treating complex diseases.”

Presentations at the ASGCT Annual Meeting include two posters detailing Sangamo’s advances in the application of zinc finger repressors (ZFRs) as a novel class of epigenetic regulation for neurological disease targets – specifically in chronic neuropathic pain and in prion disease. A platform presentation will showcase updated data from Sangamo’s protein-guided MINT platform as an approach to integrate large sequences of DNA into the genome to potentially treat, with a single medicine, many different patients who have unique mutations in the same gene. The MINT platform could be deployed internally for neurology-focused indications, and could provide potential new collaboration opportunities, both for human disease and in agricultural biotech settings.

ASGCT Annual Meeting Presentations and Invited Sessions

Neurology Epigenetic Regulation

• ST-503 nonclinical safety studies evaluating zinc finger repressors regulating the expression of the Nav1.7 gene for treatment of small fiber neuropathy
  • Abstract No. 1309
  • Poster Presentation – Tuesday, May 12, 5:00-6:30pm EDT
    
    
• Single-cell characterization of ST-506, a BBB-penetrant epigenetic repressor of Prion protein expression, in the nonhuman primate brain
  
  
  • Abstract No. 1469
  • Poster Presentation – Tuesday, May 12, 5:00-6:30pm EDT
    
    

Next-Generation Genome Engineering

• Zinc finger fusions and synthetic DNA donor engineering improve the performance of reprogrammed modular integrases at the TRAC locus
  • Abstract No. 105
  • Oral Presentation – Tuesday, May 12, 4:00-4:15pm EDT
  • Session Name: Next-generation platforms for precise therapeutic genome editing and integration

All abstracts for the ASGCT Annual Meeting are available on ASGCT’s website.

About Sangamo Therapeutics

Sangamo Therapeutics is a genomic medicine company dedicated to translating ground-breaking science into medicines that transform the lives of patients and families afflicted with serious neurological diseases who do not have adequate or any treatment options. Sangamo believes that its zinc finger epigenetic regulators are ideally suited to potentially address devastating neurological disorders and that its capsid discovery platform can expand delivery beyond currently available intrathecal delivery capsids, including in the central nervous system. Sangamo’s pipeline also includes multiple partnered programs and programs with opportunities for partnership and investment. To learn more, visit www.sangamo.com and connect with us onLinkedIn.

Forward-Looking Statements

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