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EBI Team Developing Genome Editing Resource for CRISPR Experimental Data – GenomeWeb

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2017-08-31 NEWS

EBI Team Developing Genome Editing Resource for CRISPR Experimental Data
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute in the UK are developing a new database to collect, curate, and convey data generated by CRISPR/Cas9 experiments. The team …

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US Approves First Gene Therapy for Young Leukemia Patients
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U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved a breakthrough treatment for children and young adults with leukemia. Cell-based gene therapy Kymriah—first of its kind in the United States—will be used to reprogram patients’ own cells to attack a deadly …

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Bioscience Technology

Blunting CRISPR’s ‘Scissors’ Gives New Insight into Autoimmune Disorders
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Now a research team led by University of California scientists has used a modified version of the gene-editing technique CRISPR to find enhancers – not by editing them but by prompting them into action. As reported online Aug. 30, 2017, in Nature, a

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Bioscience Technology

Blunting CRISPR’s ‘Scissors’ Gives New Insight into Autoimmune Disorders
Bioscience Technology
Now a research team led by University of California scientists has used a modified version of the gene-editing technique CRISPR to find enhancers – not by editing them but by prompting them into action. As reported online Aug. 30, 2017, in Nature, a

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2017-08-31 NEWS

Homeland Preparedness News

Synthetic biology, biosecurity expert addresses Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
Homeland Preparedness News
Gigi Gronvall, a senior associate at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, recently spoke about the role of synthetic biology in national security at Edgewood Chemical Biological Center’s 100th Anniversary Speaker Series at Aberdeen Proving