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OSU scientists say specific protein may be key to gene therapy for deaf patients – KPTV.com

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2017-10-18 NEWS

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OSU scientists say specific protein may be key to gene therapy for deaf patients
KPTV.com
Scientists at Oregon State University say they’ve made an important discovery in relation to gene therapy for deaf patients. They believe they’ve developed a better way to test a specific protein that is essential for hearing. “There’s this long

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2017-10-18 NEWS

Japanese iPSC On the Cusp of a Stem Cell Revolution: Research Turns to Clinical Applications
Nippon.com
Ever since Nobel laureate Yamanaka Shin’ya created the first human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells, or iPSC) in 2006, the medical community has been abuzz with talk of the technology’s therapeutic potential. Using Yamanaka’s technique, cells …

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2017-10-17 NEWS

New Center to Accelerate Biological Design for Sustainable Fuel and Bioproduct Production
Northwestern University NewsCenter
Michael Koepke, who leads LanzaTech’s synthetic biology team, is a leading expert in genomically manipulating clostridia. He and Jewett have been collaborating for the past two years to engineer clostridia to produce sustainable fuels, but engineering …