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Book World: New gene editing tool could cure disease. Or customize kids. Or aid bioterrorism. – Laredo Morning Times

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2017-06-29 NEWS

Laredo Morning Times

Book World: New gene editing tool could cure disease. Or customize kids. Or aid bioterrorism.
Laredo Morning Times
In terms of scientific impact, CRISPR is right up there beside the double helix (1953); the ability, developed in the 1970s, to determine the sequence of DNA segments; and the polymerase chain reaction, a 1980s invention that allows us to amplify
Gene Editing Reverses Huntington’s in Mouse StudyBioscience Technology

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How Kite Pharma Is Revolutionizing the Fight Against Cancer
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But the focus of the interview is on Kite’s approaches to fighting cancer, namely TCR and CAR T-cell therapies. We go over how this process helps to fight cancer and how new DNA is inserted into blood cells so that the cells can successfully fend off a

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How Could Synthetic Biology Help People With Diabetes?
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First, you’re probably wondering what synthetic biology is. “Synthetic biology represents an integrated scientific discipline that focuses on either the redesign of existing biological living systems for novel, ‘unnatural’ uses or to create entirely

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UT News | The University of Texas at Austin

New Technique Enables Safer Gene-Editing Therapy Using CRISPR
UT News | The University of Texas at Austin
Scientists already use the gene-editing tool called CRISPR to edit the genetic code of nearly any organism. CRISPR-based gene editing will have an enormous impact on human health. More than a dozen clinical trials employing CRISPR on human cells are …
Gene Editing Reverses Huntington’s in Mouse StudyBioscience Technology

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UT News | The University of Texas at Austin

New Technique Enables Safer Gene-Editing Therapy Using CRISPR
UT News | The University of Texas at Austin
Scientists already use the gene-editing tool called CRISPR to edit the genetic code of nearly any organism. CRISPR-based gene editing will have an enormous impact on human health. More than a dozen clinical trials employing CRISPR on human cells are …
Gene Editing Reverses Huntington’s in Mouse StudyBioscience Technology

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