All posts by: Michael Zand

About Michael Zand

Immunotherapy specialist relocating to NJ – NJBIZ

Continue reading

2018-05-14 NEWS

NJBIZ

Immunotherapy specialist relocating to NJ
NJBIZ
Daniel O’Connor, CEO at startup life sciences company OncoSec, moved the company’s executive staff to Pennington due to the state’s Economic Development Authority’s Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program. – (DAVID SCHEMELIA).

Continue reading

2018-05-14 NEWS

MIT Technology Review

Here comes a more precise version of CRISPR
MIT Technology Review
CRISPR 2.0: The traditional CRISPR system cuts a whole gene—a sequence of different base letters—to make a break in DNA’s double-helix structure. Liu’s base editors directly convert a single base into another, changing the gene from the mutated to
Beam Therapeutics Spotlights CRISPR 2.0 with Precise Gene Editor, $87MXconomy
A pencil, not a pair of scissors: CRISPR pioneers’ new company bets on base editing to cure diseaseSTAT
Feng Zhang’s base-editing CRISPR startup officially launches with $87MFierceBiotech
Endpoints News –Chemical & Engineering News –Financial Times
all 10 news articles »
Continue reading

2018-05-14 NEWS

American Council on Science and Health

CRISPR Chocolate Would Help Farmers in Developing Countries
American Council on Science and Health
Some people are anti-GMO because they don’t like the idea of their food being genetically manipulated. But, what about food that is altered using the gene editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9? And, what if the genetic change is one that would help …
Scientists use gene-editing tool to grow disease-resistant cacao treesDeccan Chronicle

all 3 news articles »