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Philly gene therapy company reports early promising hemophilia A results – Philly.com

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2017-08-02 NEWS

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Philly gene therapy company reports early promising hemophilia A results
Philly.com
“The encouraging start” for hemophilia A “reinforces the strength of our genetherapy platform and positions us well to potentially transform the current treatment approach for this life-altering disease with a one-time intervention,” said Katherine A
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Spark Therapeutics Inc (ONCE): Showing Signs Of Making It BigSimply Wall St

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In Breakthrough, Scientists Edit a Dangerous Mutation From Genes in Human Embryos
New York Times
“We were so surprised that we just couldn’t get this template that we made to be used,” said Shoukhrat Mitalipov, director of the Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy at Oregon Health and Science University and senior author of the study. “It was
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CRISPR fixes disease gene in viable human embryos
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An international team of researchers has used CRISPR–Cas9 gene editing — a technique that allows scientists to make precise changes to genomes with relative ease — to correct a disease-causing mutation in dozens of viable human embryos. The study …