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Benson Hill Biosystems Launches Novel Genome Editing CRISPR … – Newswise (press release)

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2017-09-12 NEWS

Benson Hill Biosystems Launches Novel Genome Editing CRISPR …
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Newswise — ST. LOUIS, MO.—September 12, 2017—Benson Hill Biosystems, an agricultural technology company that uses cloud biology to unlock the genetic …

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Editas Medicine Initiates Clinical Natural History Study to Evaluate Patients with Leber Congenital Amaurosis Type
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The initiation of this natural history study brings us one step closer to our goal of making a CRISPR-based medicine available to people with significant vision loss caused by LCA10,” said Gerry Cox, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer, Editas Medicine.

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Swedish Study Suggests Stem Cell Transplants as Possible Treatment for Aggressive RRMS
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In addition, says the review, the procedure’s safety profile has improved in the last decade, and is now just as good as approved medications. This data supports the idea that bone marrow stem cell transplants could be recommended for RRMS patients who …

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Powerful Childhood Cancer Treatment Holds Promise–and Poses Hazards
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It is the first in a novel class of treatments known as CAR-Ts—for chimeric antigen receptor T cells—in which a patient’s own immune cells are withdrawn, engineered to target cancer cells, and then infused back into the body. “CART cells are going

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Powerful Childhood Cancer Treatment Holds Promise–and Poses …
Scientific American
A new type of cancer therapy—recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for children with leukemia who run out of options—is changing …

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