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This startup wants to regenerate the heart and brain to keep people healthier for longer – Business Insider

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2017-06-20 NEWS

Business Insider

This startup wants to regenerate the heart and brain to keep people healthier for longer
Business Insider
That means that the stemcell therapies have to be converted into whatever cell they’re meant to be (heart-muscle cells, neurons, and so forth) before going into the body, rather than using different kinds of stem cells to treat the condition. And the

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Cynata Therapeutics Files New Patent Application for Cymerus™ Stem Cell Technology in Oncology
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MELBOURNE, Australia, June 20, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Australian stem cell and regenerative medicine company, Cynata Therapeutics Limited (ASX:CYP), announced today that the Company has filed a new patent application with IP Australia for …

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Cynata Therapeutics Files New Patent Application for Cymerus™ Stem Cell Technology in Oncology
Nasdaq
MELBOURNE, Australia, June 20, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Australian stem cell and regenerative medicine company, Cynata Therapeutics Limited (ASX:CYP), announced today that the Company has filed a new patent application with IP Australia for …

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Cynata Therapeutics Files New Patent Application for Cymerus™ Stem Cell Technology in Oncology
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MELBOURNE, Australia, June 20, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Australian stem cell and regenerative medicine company, Cynata Therapeutics Limited (ASX:CYP), announced today that the Company has filed a new patent application with IP Australia for …

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2017-06-20 NEWS

Bioscience Technology

Firefly Gene Illuminates Ability of Optimized CRISPR-Cpf1 to Efficiently Edit Human Genome
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Professor Michael Farzan, co-chair of TSRI’s Department of Immunology and Microbiology, and TSRI Research Associate Guocai Zhong improved the efficiency of the CRISPR-Cpf1 gene editing system by incorporating guide RNAs with “multiplexing” …

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2017-06-20 NEWS

KQED

CRISPR Pioneer Doudna: Humans on Cusp of ‘New Age in Biological Mastery’
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If there was one misstep that doomed the long and bitter fight by the University of California to wrest key CRISPR patents from the Broad Institute, it was star UC Berkeley scientist Jennifer Doudna’s habit of being scientifically cautious, realistic

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2017-06-20 NEWS

The Shillong Times

Grape compounds may help fight colon cancer
The Tribune
“We are particularly interested in targeting stem cells because, according to cancer stemcell theory, cancerous tumours are driven by cancer stem cells,” said Jairam KP Vanamala, associate professor at Pennsylvania State University in the US.
Grape extracts may protect against colon cancerMedical News Today
Grape compounds can kill colon cancer cellsThe Shillong Times
Add Grapes to Your Daily Fruit Bowl to Lower Colon Cancer RiskNDTV Food
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2017-06-20 NEWS

FDA approves ReNeuron’s cryopreserved formulation of retinal stem cell therapy candidate
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“We are delighted that the FDA has approved the use of the cryopreserved formulation of our hRPC retinal cell therapy candidate in our ongoing clinical development programs,” Olav Hellebø, CEO of ReNeuron, said in the release. “This is a further