The ScientistZika Grabs Neural Stem Cell Protein to Cause DamageThe ScientistThe presence of the Musashi-1 protein greatly increases production of Zika virus (green), making neural stem cells particularly vulnerable to cell death following viral infect… Continue reading
Immunotherapy with DNA vaccine shows promise for HPV-related head and neck cancerScience DailyImmunotherapy with DNA vaccine shows promise for HPV-related head and neck cancer. Date: May 31, 2017; Source: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; … Continue reading
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A World First CRISPR Trial Will Edit Genes Inside the Human Body
Futurism The CRISPR process will be used inside the human body for the first time on July 15th to combat HPV, which impacts millions of people worldwide. And this is just one of a huge amount of proposed CRISPR studies occurring soon. One of Crispr’s Creators Faces Her Fears – BloombergBloomberg From AAV to CRISPR: Era of hacking our bodies is just beginningSiliconrepublic.com Genome editing: That’s the way the CRISPR crumbles : Nature …Nature.com Medical Xpress all 8 news articles » |
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Researchers will attempt to ‘reanimate’ a corpse with stem cells
Engadget Brain death may no longer be a life sentence if one Philadelphia-based biomedical startup has its way. The company, Bioquark, plans to initiate a study later th… Quack trial to resurrect brain-dead folks revived with new location …Ars Technica |
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Stem Cell Trials Coming Soon
GenomeWeb Two clinical embryonic stem cell trials are about to begin in China, Nature News reports. Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Zoology’s Qi Zhou is leading both efforts, it adds. In one, surgeons at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou … China Is Set to Begin Its First Trials With Human Embryonic Stem CellsNewsy |
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A protein that stem cells require could be a target in killing breast cancer cells
Medical Xpress When a stem cell differentiates, it starts down a one-way path that will result in its specialization and eventually its death. For instance, a stem cell in the breast can become a luminal cell, one of the breast’s “milk factories.” Such cells have a … |