CRISPR/Cas9 Disrupts Glaucoma Gene, Takes Pressure off Eyes in Disease Models – Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (blog)
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CRISPR/Cas9 Disrupts Glaucoma Gene, Takes Pressure off Eyes in Disease Models
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (blog) Scientists at the University of Iowa could be forgiven if they were to revise an old nursery rhyme to read, “two blind mice.” The scientists, led by Val Sheffield, M.D., Ph.D., used the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system to disrupt a gene known to cause … |
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Immunotherapy for Treating Malaria?
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News When we hear about immunotherapy these days, it’s most often associated with treatments or molecular pathways associated with cancer. But what if these immunological molecules could be exploited to treat one of the deadliest infectious diseases on the … |
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Breakthrough cancer treatment brings hope and challenges
Science Daily The authors point out that as CAR T cell cancer treatments continue to be tested in clinical trials before obtaining FDA approval, “the FDA and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) with oversight over human subjects research must carefully scrutinize … |
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Twist Bioscience to Provide One Billion Base Pairs of Synthetic DNA to Ginkgo Bioworks to Support Expansion into …
Business Wire (press release) “An increasingly diverse scope of companies are looking to tap the power of biology to rethink traditional manufacturing, and demand for synthetic biology is at an all time high,” said Jason Kelly, CEO and co-founder of Ginkgo Bioworks. “Our continued … |
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Gold nanoparticle used to replace virus in new CRISPR approach
Phys.Org CRISPR-Cas9 has been in the news a lot lately because it allows researchers to directly edit genes—either disabling unwanted parts or replacing them altogether. But despite many success stories, the technique still suffers from a major deficit that … |
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Gold nanoparticle used to replace virus in new CRISPR approach
Phys.Org CRISPR-Cas9 has been in the news a lot lately because it allows researchers to directly edit genes—either disabling unwanted parts or replacing them altogether. But despite many success stories, the technique still suffers from a major deficit that … |
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Oxford study says blindness could be restored using gene therapy
India Today The remaining retinal nerve cells, which are not light sensitive, however, remain in the eye which can be treated using gene therapy, the researchers said. “There are many blind patients in our clinics and the ability to give them some sight back with … Gene therapy may help reverse blindness: studyBusiness Standard Here’s how gene therapy may help reverse blindnessThe New Indian Express |