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Milk without cows, eggs without chickens? Synthetic biology leads to more sustainable food – Genetic Literacy Project

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2017-07-14 NEWS

Genetic Literacy Project

Milk without cows, eggs without chickens? Synthetic biology leads to more sustainable food
Genetic Literacy Project
Bio-hacking applies technology in innovative ways to modify biological systems like cells, plants, animals – and Homo sapiens. Bio-hacker Hannes Sjoblad believes bio-hacking is all about the democratization of access to powerful technologies for the …

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T–cell cancer therapy holds promise, longer-term results await
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The new drug class, known as chimeric antigen receptor T–cell or CAR-T, involves a complicated process of extracting immune system T–cells from an individual patient, altering the cell DNA to sharpen their ability to spot and kill cancer cells, and …
Novel leukemia treatment could be 1st US gene therapySumter Item
FDA advisory committee recommends approval of T–cell ‘living drug’ to treat leukemiaPulse Headlines

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SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Begins Coverage on Editas Medicine, Inc. (EDIT) Giving It An Initial Rating Of “Hold”
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CRISPR uses a protein-ribonucleic acid (RNA) complex composed of an enzyme, including either Cas9 (CRISPR associated protein 9) or Cpf1 (CRISPR from Prevotella and Francisella 1), bound to a guide RNA molecule designed to recognize a particular …

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2017-07-14 NEWS

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Begins Coverage on Editas Medicine, Inc. (EDIT) Giving It An Initial Rating Of “Hold”
Highlight Press
CRISPR uses a protein-ribonucleic acid (RNA) complex composed of an enzyme, including either Cas9 (CRISPR associated protein 9) or Cpf1 (CRISPR from Prevotella and Francisella 1), bound to a guide RNA molecule designed to recognize a particular …

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