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A Controversial Study Is Tearing the CRISPR World Apart – Gizmodo

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2017-06-12 NEWS

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A Controversial Study Is Tearing the CRISPR World Apart
Gizmodo
When people talk about the gene-editing technology CRISPR, it’s usually accompanied by adjectives like “revolutionary” or “world-changing.” For this reason, it’s no surprise that a study out last month questioning just how game-changing the technology
CRISPR Companies RespondGenomeWeb
Activists fan concerns about CRISPR ‘off target’ effects in gene-edited crops and foods. Are they right?Genetic Literacy Project

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Immune profiling leads to implications for immunotherapy for NF1-associated tumors
Medical Xpress
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)—an autosomal dominant disorder affecting approximately one in every 3,500 people—results in dysfunctional neurofibromin, a protein expressed throughout the body and involved in the RAS signaling pathway. Virtually all …

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Immune profiling leads to implications for immunotherapy for NF1-associated tumors
Medical Xpress
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)—an autosomal dominant disorder affecting approximately one in every 3,500 people—results in dysfunctional neurofibromin, a protein expressed throughout the body and involved in the RAS signaling pathway. Virtually all …

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2017-06-12 NEWS

Genetic Literacy Project

CRISPR Companies Respond | GenomeWeb
GenomeWeb
In letters, CRISPR companies respond to a Nature Methods report of off-target editing effects, Technology Review reports.
Activists fan concerns about CRISPR ‘off target’ effects in gene …Genetic Literacy Project

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Gene therapy hope for allergies and asthma
BioNews
Life-threatening allergies and asthma could one day be treated by a single injection, say researchers who have successfully treated mice using gene therapy. Dr Ray Steptoe of the University of Queensland in Australia and colleagues ‘turned off’ the

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2017-06-12 NEWS

Gene therapy hope for allergies and asthma
BioNews
Life-threatening allergies and asthma could one day be treated by a single injection, say researchers who have successfully treated mice using gene therapy. Dr Ray Steptoe of the University of Queensland in Australia and colleagues ‘turned off’ the

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2017-06-12 NEWS

Gene therapy hope for allergies and asthma
BioNews
Life-threatening allergies and asthma could one day be treated by a single injection, say researchers who have successfully treated mice using gene therapy. Dr Ray Steptoe of the University of Queensland in Australia and colleagues ‘turned off’ the