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Novel CRISPR-Cas9 screening enables discovery of new targets to … – Medical Xpress

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2017-07-19 NEWS

Medical Xpress

Novel CRISPR-Cas9 screening enables discovery of new targets to …
Medical Xpress
A novel screening method developed by a team at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center—using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing …

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FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval of CART Cell Therapy and Two New Biosimilars
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The FDA’s Oncologic Drug Advisory Committee (“ODAC”) held a public meeting on Wednesday, July 12, 2017, to consider Novartis’ biologic license application (BLA 125646) for tisagenlecleucel (CTL019), an investigational chimeric antigen receptor T cell …

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Promising Treatment For Leukemia Leads To Remission In Clinical …
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An exciting therapy for leukemia once again shines a light on its efficacy – this time, nearly 71 percent of terminal leukemia patients saw their tumors sh.

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LancasterOnline

McCaskey grad writes new book on CRISPR and genome engineering
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Now, the McCaskey High graduate has co-written a new book about gene editing and CRISPR. “A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution” was written by microbiologist Jennifer Doudna and Sternberg. The book …

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2017-07-19 NEWS

LancasterOnline

McCaskey grad writes new book on CRISPR and genome engineering
LancasterOnline
Now, the McCaskey High graduate has co-written a new book about gene editing and CRISPR. “A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution” was written by microbiologist Jennifer Doudna and Sternberg. The book …

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2017-07-19 NEWS

Independent.ie

‘Tragic and avoidable’ – Hospital apologises for death of woman after stem cell operation
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Ms Kozyra needed the transplant having been diagnosed at Belfast City Hospital with a bone marrow stem cell disorder. A family match could not be found for her and Northern Ireland does not carry out unrelated donor bone marrow transplants. So she was …

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FierceBiotech

News of Note—Dodgy stem cell clinics; New CMO for Context; UroGen payday
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In an article published today in the journal Regenerative Medicine, it turns out that the federal clinical-trials database ClinicalTrials.gov has allowed 18 ostensible clinical trials of unregulated stem cell therapies, that patients must to pay to

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2017-07-19 NEWS

FierceBiotech

News of Note—Dodgy stem cell clinics; New CMO for Context; UroGen payday
FierceBiotech
In an article published today in the journal Regenerative Medicine, it turns out that the federal clinical-trials database ClinicalTrials.gov has allowed 18 ostensible clinical trials of unregulated stem cell therapies, that patients must to pay to

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