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Firefly Gene Illuminates Ability of Optimized CRISPR-Cpf1 to Efficiently Edit Human Genome – Newswise (press release)

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2017-06-19 NEWS

Firefly Gene Illuminates Ability of Optimized CRISPR-Cpf1 to Efficiently Edit Human Genome
Newswise (press release)
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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2017-06-19 NEWS

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Scientists find new biomarker to guide cancer immunotherapy
Reuters
The current widely used benchmark when giving cancer immunotherapy is a protein called PDL-1. However, many experts view PDL-1 as a “blunt instrument”, since it does not match precisely to drug response, leading to the consideration of other measures, …
Lung cancer cure – deaths could be reduced following THIS treatment breakthroughExpress.co.uk

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