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Doctors Plan Bold Test of Gene Therapy on Boys with Muscular Dystrophy – MIT Technology Review

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2017-08-17 NEWS

MIT Technology Review

Doctors Plan Bold Test of Gene Therapy on Boys with Muscular Dystrophy
MIT Technology Review
Using mini-genes inspired by the man’s genetic defect, three U.S. teams say they are ready to try to treat Duchenne with gene therapy. The first study could begin as soon as next month at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, with the

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2017-08-17 NEWS

Immunotherapy drug shows favorable safety profile in patients with advanced small cell lung cancer
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The immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab has demonstrated a favorable safety profile and “promising durable clinical activity” in pretreated patients who exhibit high levels of the PD-L1 protein in advanced stages of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) – an …

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2017-08-17 NEWS

UQ shares in $13m synthetic biology funding by CSIRO
UQ News
Three of 11 nationwide recipients of Future Science Fellows – Dr Konstantinos Vavitsas, Dr Karen Weynberg, and Dr Jason Whitfield – will be hosted at UQ as part of the CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform (SynBio FSP). Synthetic biology is a …

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2017-08-17 NEWS

UQ shares in $13m synthetic biology funding by CSIRO
UQ News
Three of 11 nationwide recipients of Future Science Fellows – Dr Konstantinos Vavitsas, Dr Karen Weynberg, and Dr Jason Whitfield – will be hosted at UQ as part of the CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform (SynBio FSP). Synthetic biology is a …

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2017-08-16 NEWS

The Guardian

Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial
The Guardian
A small clinical trial conducted at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has led to two-thirds of children treated with an experimental immunotherapy treatment being cured of their allergy. Importantly, this desensitisation to peanuts persisted
Australian Scientists Are On The Path To A Peanut Allergy CureGizmodo Australia
Researchers unlock possible peanut allergy cureTen Eyewitness News
Peanut allergy cure in sightThe West Australian

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