PR Newswire (press release)Synthorx Appoints Marcos Milla, Ph.D. as Senior Vice President of ResearchPR Newswire (press release)SAN DIEGO, Aug. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Synthorx Inc., a biotechnology company using synthetic biology to discover and deve… Continue reading
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Real world data essential for CAR–T therapy success
pharmaphorum Novartis looks like it will get its chimeric antigen receptor T–cell (CAR-T) therapy to market ahead of rival Kite in blood cancer. The therapy involves harvesting a patient’s own T–cells and genetically modifying them to attack cancer – a process that … |
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Stem cell therapy may help knees
Citizens Voice Q: I read that you can use your own stem cells to rejuvenate worn-out knees. Does this really work? A: “Worn out” is a good way to term what happens to the knee joint with prolonged use. Let’s look at how this happens, starting with cartilage. The … |
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Scientists Use CRISPR Gene Editing to Create the World’s First Mutant Social Insect
Big Think The team from Rockefeller University published a paper outlining how they removed orco – a gene that plays a key part in an ant’s odor receptors. Deleting the gene by using the CRISPR-Cas9 technique resulted in the ants losing about 90% of their … Scientists create world’s first mutant ants with gene editing technologyNEWS.com.au |