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Harvey Haunts Family • Leukemia Gene Therapy • Massimino Dies: Patch Morning Briefing – Patch.com

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2017-08-31 NEWS

Patch.com

Harvey Haunts Family • Leukemia Gene Therapy • Massimino Dies: Patch Morning Briefing
Patch.com
… Therapy Treatment For Childhood Leukemia. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday signed off on the first gene therapy treatment in the U.S. that doctors say uses a patient’s own cells to seek out and destroy deadly childhood leukemia. (Patch

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2017-08-31 NEWS

Breakthrough gene therapy cleared for childhood leukemia
Youngstown Vindicator
The Food and Drug Administration called the approval historic, the first gene therapy to hit the U.S. market. Made from scratch for every patient, it’s one of a wave of “living drugs” under development to fight additional blood cancers and other tumors

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2017-08-31 NEWS

MIT Technology Review

In a Sign of Gene-Editing Frenzy, Startup Pitches Editing without CRISPR
MIT Technology Review
So far, CRISPR is the most versatile gene-editing system known. To edit a genome, it relies on a nuclease—a protein enzyme that slices through the DNA double helix. That damage sets off emergency repairs inside a cell that scientists can harness to
Experts explain the ‘CRISPR‘ practice: A controversial gene editing technologyThe Daily Orange

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2017-08-31 NEWS

FDA Oks Genentech’ Actemra To Treat CAR T Cell-Induced Cytokine Release Syndrome
Markets Insider
(RTTNews) – Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (RHHBY), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Actemra (tocilizumab) intravenous injection for the treatment of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell-induced severe or …

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2017-08-31 NEWS

ABC Online

Leukaemia breakthrough CART uses children’s own blood cells to attack cancer
ABC Online
A breakthrough treatment that genetically engineers patients’ own blood cells into an army of assassins to destroy childhood leukemia has been approved by US officials, opening a new era in cancer care.

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