XconomyLogicBio Lands $45M for Gene Therapies in Rare Pediatric DiseasesXconomyGene therapy offers the potential for a long-lasting, if not permanent, treatment for an inherited disease, but cells that divide rapidly, such as those in the liver, presen… Continue reading
Proactive Investors UK |
Widecells Groups claims landmark as stem cell insurance goes on sale in the UK
Proactive Investors UK “We are leveraging Biovault’s register of over 25,000 samples to generate sales of our innovatively complete stem cell insurance product and are delighted that all new customers of the UK’s leading cord blood storage facility will become customers of … |
Medical Xpress |
Stem–cell researchers solve mystery of relapse in acute myeloid leukemia
Medical Xpress “For the first time, we have married together knowledge of stem cell biology and genetics – areas that historically have often been operating as separate camps – to identify mutations stem cells carry and how they are related to one another in AML … First ‘haploid’ human stem cells could change the face of medical researchEurekAlert (press release) |
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Funding of research center developing nanomaterials for cancer immunotherapy extended
EurekAlert (press release) The German Research Foundation (DFG) has agreed to fund the Mainz-based Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1066 “Nanodimensional Polymer Therapeutics for Tumor Therapy” involved in the development of nanomaterials for cancer immunotherapy … |
Targeted Oncology |
Bb2121 Induces 100% Response Rate in Multiple Myeloma
Targeted Oncology According to findings from a small phase I study, all patients with multiple myeloma showed a response following treatment with an active dose of bb2121, an investigational anti–B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell … |
EurekAlert (press release) |
Bristol’s Dr Gorochowski awarded Royal Society University Research Fellowship
EurekAlert (press release) Dr Gorochowski joined the University of Bristol in 2016 as the first of two Fellows in Synthetic Biology to be appointed to BrisSynBio, a UK Synthetic Biology Research Centre that forms part of the Bristol BioDesign Insititute. The Royal Society’s … |
EurekAlert (press release) |
Bristol’s Dr Gorochowski awarded Royal Society University Research Fellowship
EurekAlert (press release) Dr Gorochowski joined the University of Bristol in 2016 as the first of two Fellows in Synthetic Biology to be appointed to BrisSynBio, a UK Synthetic Biology Research Centre that forms part of the Bristol BioDesign Insititute. The Royal Society’s … |
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (blog) |
Avoiding CRISPR-Mediated Gene-Drive–Evolved Resistance in Mosquitoes
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (blog) The study utilized mathematical modeling and CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology to insert and spread genes designed to suppress wild insects (Drosophila), while at the same time avoiding the resistance to these efforts that evolution would typically … Could CRISPR Help End Mosquito-borne Diseases? | Technology …Technology Networks Gene editing could eliminate malaria | Innovators magazineInnovators Magazine |