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Stem cell treatment “best thing I ever did” – Times Online – Auckland

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2017-09-13 NEWS

Times Online – Auckland

Stem cell treatment “best thing I ever did”
Times Online – Auckland
Desperate to recover and improve her quality of life for her young family, she was busy fundraising for the only known treatment to stop Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in its tracks — Autologous Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation (AHSCT). MS is a long

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2017-09-13 NEWS

Kite-Gilead: Winners And Losers Part 2
Seeking Alpha
This in essence “programs” the T-cell to recognize cancer cells that express an antigen on the cell surface that matches the new added antibody. When the CAR T cell finds the matching antigen, it binds to the cell and triggers an immune response to

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2017-09-13 NEWS

Editas Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ:EDIT) Sees Stock Price Rise – Up by 5.6834%
First News 24
CRISPR uses a protein-ribonucleic acid (RNA) complex composed of an enzyme, including either Cas9 (CRISPR associated protein 9) or Cpf1 (CRISPR from Prevotella and Francisella 1), bound to a guide RNA molecule designed to recognize a particular …

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2017-09-13 NEWS

R & D Magazine

Breakthrough Could Lead to Better Stem Cell Production
R & D Magazine
A research team has unlocked a potential alternative approach to manufacturing induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSCs). Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) found a way to harness antibodies that were able to help “reprogram” ordinary