The Hindu6-yr-old thalassemia patient from Punjab meets his stem cell donorTimes of IndiaBengaluru: Fateh Singh, a six-year-old thalassemia major patient from Amritsar, underwent a bone marrow transplant last May which gave him a new lease of life. A y… Continue reading
Science Daily |
Untangling the genetic legacy of tomato domestication
Science Daily To find out what the gene did without Jointless2 around, the researchers used CRISPR “gene editing” to create a tomato with a mutation in the mystery gene. Those mutants grew larger sepals, the small leaves at the base of a flower that become a part of … |
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Stem cells responsible for making blood created in lab for first time
MLive.com Stem cells responsible for producing the blood within a human’s body have been created in a laboratory for the first-time ever, in what experts are calling a “very big deal” of a milestone. New Scientist reports George Daley, Dean of Faculty of … |
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Gene-editing tool ‘CRISPR‘ gaining massive attention
KMOV.com CRISPR (pronounced “crisper”) is a powerful technique for editing DNA. It has received an enormous amount of attention in the scientific and popular press, largely based on the promise of what this powerful gene-editing technology will someday do. Gene Editing May Vanquish Deadly Diseases, But Some See RisksNBCNews.com |
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Fixing the tomato: CRISPR edits correct plant-breeding snafu
Nature.com After identifying the mutations, he and his colleagues used CRISPR gene editing to engineer more productive plants — a strategy that plant breeders are eager to adopt. “It’s pretty exciting,” says Rod Wing, a plant geneticist at the University of … Untangling the genetic legacy of tomato domesticationScience Daily |
Nature.com |
Fixing the tomato: CRISPR edits correct plant-breeding snafu
Nature.com After identifying the mutations, he and his colleagues used CRISPR gene editing to engineer more productive plants — a strategy that plant breeders are eager to adopt. “It’s pretty exciting,” says Rod Wing, a plant geneticist at the University of … Untangling the genetic legacy of tomato domesticationScience Daily |
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Spark Therapeutics completes regulatory filing application for its experimental gene therapy medicine
Philly.com The gene therapy has received orphan, or rare-drug, designation in the United States and Europe. Companies that pursue a cure or treatment for a specific condition that affects a small percentage of the population — fewer than 200,000 in the United … |
Pharmacy Times |
Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Failure? Ixmyelocel-T to Prevent CV Events
Pharmacy Times Before I delve into the clinical trial, I believe it’s important to know more about the stem cell therapy and its justification in use, in this case, for heart failure. It has been seen that monocytes and lymphocytes are involved in the process of … |