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Study Reveals Key Steps in CRISPR-Cas3 Function at Near-Atomic Resolution – Scicasts (press release) (blog)

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2017-06-29 NEWS

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Study Reveals Key Steps in CRISPR-Cas3 Function at Near-Atomic Resolution
Scicasts (press release) (blog)
This is an cryo-electron microscope image of CRISPR in a full ‘R-loop’ conformation. DNA (orange and red) is unwound and compared to CRISPR RNA (blue), to determine if the target DNA should be cut by the Cas3 enzyme.Image: Liao lab/Harvard Medical …

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Novel molecular dynamics captures atomic-level detail of CRISPR-Cas9 activity
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“Although the CRISPR-Cas9 system is rapidly revolutionizing life sciences toward a facile genome editing technology, structural and mechanistic details underlying its function have remained unknown,” said Giulia Palermo, a postdoctoral scholar with the

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Nightstar Raises $45 Million to Fund Development of Gene Therapies for Blinding Retinal Diseases
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BOSTON & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NightstaRx Limited (“Nightstar”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing gene therapies for inherited retinal diseases, today announced the completion of a $45 million Series C financing transaction.

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2017-06-29 NEWS

Nightstar Raises $45 Million to Fund Development of Gene Therapies for Blinding Retinal Diseases
Business Wire (press release)
BOSTON & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NightstaRx Limited (“Nightstar”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing gene therapies for inherited retinal diseases, today announced the completion of a $45 million Series C financing transaction.

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2017-06-29 NEWS

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The Stem Cell Revolution
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Discovered nearly thirty years ago in 1988, stem cell technology has failed to transform the field of regenerative medicine — until now. After delivering only one treatment during three decades of development, stem cell technology could finally become
First ‘haploid’ human stem cells could change the face of medical researchScience Daily
Researchers discover protein that makes stem cells into perfect allroundersNews-Medical.net
Stemcell researchers solve mystery of relapse in acute myeloid leukemiaMedical Xpress
Medgadget (blog) –MilTech
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