All posts by: Michael Zand

Why CRISPR, other academia-produced technologies, should belong to everyone – Genetic Literacy Project

Immunotherapy Trials in Head and Neck Cancer – Cancer Network

Immunotherapy Trials in Head and Neck Cancer – Cancer Network

Scientists describe a function for autophagy in germline stem-cell proliferation – Phys.Org

Phys.OrgScientists describe a function for autophagy in germline stem-cell proliferationPhys.OrgScientists study the germline of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans to identify the mechanisms that control stem cell proliferation and homeostasis, as we… Continue reading

Fighter Melissa awaits stem cell transplant – Tavistock Times Gazette

Tavistock Times GazetteFighter Melissa awaits stem cell transplantTavistock Times GazetteA TAVISTOCK family has raised a large sum of money for a charity which supports people with the serious blood disorder Aplastic Anaemia, after mum Melissa was diag… Continue reading

Today In History: Obama Lifts Ban On Stem Cell Research; Bush Renews Patriot Act – Patch.com

Patch.comToday In History: Obama Lifts Ban On Stem Cell Research; Bush Renews Patriot ActPatch.comThe week unfurled with an executive order, signed by President Obama, to repeal a Bush-era policy that limited federal tax dollars for embryonic stem cell… Continue reading

First results of CRISPR gene editing of normal embryos released – New Scientist

Wired.co.ukFirst results of CRISPR gene editing of normal embryos releasedNew ScientistA team in China has corrected genetic mutations in at least some of the cells in three normal human embryos using the CRISPR genome editing technique. The latest stu… Continue reading