Custer considered for stem cell study – Miami Student
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Custer considered for stem cell study
Miami Student Ryan Custer, a Wright State University student who was severely injured at an Oxford party, is being considered for a stem cell study at Rush University Hospital in Chicago. The 19-year-old, a first-year forward for the Raiders’ varsity basketball team … Ryan Custer continues recovery in ChicagoWDTN |
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New chlamydia drug targets discovered using CRISPR and stem cells
EurekAlert (press release) In the study, scientists used CRISPR/Cas9 to genetically edit the human induced pluripotent stem cells, and then see the effects of the genetic manipulation on the resulting macrophages’ ability to fight infection. Dr Robert Hancock, lead author from … |
STAT |
The Broad Institute is testing the limits of what ‘nonprofit’ means
STAT Zhang and colleagues then patented an application of a related genome-editing technique called CRISPR–Cpf1 13 and, through the Broad and other institutions, granted Editas 8 an exclusive license to use this technology for medical applications. This … |
STAT |
The Broad Institute is testing the limits of what ‘nonprofit’ means
STAT Zhang and colleagues then patented an application of a related genome-editing technique called CRISPR–Cpf1 13 and, through the Broad and other institutions, granted Editas 8 an exclusive license to use this technology for medical applications. This … |
Mitochondrial Disease News |
GenSight Biologics’ Gene Therapy Candidate May Help Vision Loss in LHON Patients
Mitochondrial Disease News A presentation of the data, “Intravitreal rAAV2/2-ND4 (GS010): A gene therapy for vision loss in Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) caused by the G11778A ND4 mitochondrial mutation,” is set for April 25 at the 2017 annual meeting of the … |
KTAR.com |
Skin Cancer in Arizona: Stats, facts and new immunotherapy drugs making strides
KTAR.com With some of the nation’s hottest and brightest sunshine, Arizona is near the top when it comes to skin cancer rates, and Arizonans should take particular care against sun exposure. In Arizona, 18.8 people per 100,000 developed melanoma skin cancer in … |
News from the University of Massachusetts |
UMMS researchers receive amfAR grant to eliminate HIV reservoirs using gene editing
News from the University of Massachusetts But it turns out there’s a chance that another enzyme, Cpf1, could be a better fit for CRISPR when targeting HIV because of how HIV mutates upon replication. Luban and Wolfe theorize that since CRISPR/Cpf1 can target multiple sites on the genome, it … |