New, hyper-accurate CRISPR gene editor developedGenetic Literacy ProjectScientists at the University of California, Berkeley and Massachusetts General Hospital have identified a key region within the Cas9 protein that governs how accurately CRISPR-Cas… Continue reading
PLoS Blogs (blog) |
As Blindness Gene Therapy Nears FDA Finish Line, A Shout-Out to Activist Families
PLoS Blogs (blog) Today I’m glued to my laptop, watching and listening to physicians, researchers, family members, and patients present their cases for FDA approval of Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec), the gene therapy that Corey, now a high school senior, received. He … |
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Sweden won’t prosecute Italian stem cell scientist
ABC News FILE – In this Friday, July 30, 2010 file photo, Dr. Paolo Macchiarini talks to journalists during a press conference, in Florence, Italy. Swedish prosecutors told a news conference Thursday Oct. 12, 2017, the investigation against a disgraced stem … |
Independent Online |
Stem cell boost in hopes of preventing miscarriage
Independent Online ‘This new method of producing stem cells could be enormously helpful for studying development, more efficiently generating functional human cells, and researching treatments for pregnancy problems such as pre-eclampsia and miscarriages,’ said co-author … |
MIT Technology Review |
FDA Vote Sets Stage for Gene Therapy’s Future
MIT Technology Review In 2012, she joined a clinical trial and received a life-changing experimental treatment called gene therapy. Now 25, she says the improvement in her vision has been “drastic.” Everything is brighter. She can see textures. She can tell whether her … FDA advisers urge approval for first gene therapy for inherited …Washington Post FDA Panel Advises Approval of Gene Therapy for Blinding DiseaseNBCNews.com FDA advisers back gene therapy for rare form of blindnessNature.com Futurism –The Lancet –The New England Journal of Medicine –Perelman School of Medicine – University of Pennsylvania all 172 news articles » |