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New CRISPR-Cas9 Technique Corrects Defects Linked to Huntington’s, UCSD Study Suggests – Huntington’s Disease News

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2017-08-24 NEWS

Huntington’s Disease News

New CRISPR-Cas9 Technique Corrects Defects Linked to Huntington’s, UCSD Study Suggests
Huntington’s Disease News
CRISPR-Cas9 is an innovative technique designed to edit genes. The process introduces breaks in the DNA of the gene of interest, which would disable the incorrect gene. CRISPR-Cas9 can also be used to replace an incorrect gene with the correct version.
Synbio Technologies Makes Breakthrough in sgRNA LibrariesMENAFN.COM

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Huntington’s Disease News

New CRISPR-Cas9 Technique Corrects Defects Linked to Huntington’s, UCSD Study Suggests
Huntington’s Disease News
CRISPR-Cas9 is an innovative technique designed to edit genes. The process introduces breaks in the DNA of the gene of interest, which would disable the incorrect gene. CRISPR-Cas9 can also be used to replace an incorrect gene with the correct version.
Synbio Technologies Makes Breakthrough in sgRNA LibrariesMENAFN.COM

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2017-08-24 NEWS

Christian Post

Cancer Cure News 2017: Breakthrough Cancer Drug Could Prove Costly for Patients
Christian Post
The treatment, CTL019, is among a new class of medications called CAR T-cell therapies. This involves harvesting the patient’s white blood cells and genetically altering them to kill cancer. It has been tested on leukemia patients whose cancer relapsed

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“Breakthrough” Leukemia Drug Portends “Quantum Leap” In Cost …
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When doctors talk about a new leukemia drug from Novartis, they ooze enthusiasm, using words like “breakthrough,” “revolutionary” and “a watershed moment.”.
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Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Annual ‘Run for Mandi’ hosting bone marrow registry to combat cancer
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
The OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network, a part of Canadian Blood Services, will accept registrations at Sunday’s event. Schwartz said they’ve handed out information before, but this is the first time OneMatch will “swab” volunteers at the event to