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Science Begins To Look To Gene-Editing Tools Like CRISPR To Save Coral Reefs – Forbes

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2018-04-23 NEWS

Forbes

Science Begins To Look To Gene-Editing Tools Like CRISPR To Save Coral Reefs
Forbes
Coral reefs have been devastated in recent decades by “bleaching” events caused by overheating oceans and other factors that kill off populations of coral. This week we learned that perhaps half of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has died. But some
How Gene Editing Could Save Coral ReefsTIME
Dying Great Barrier Reef Forces Scientists to Genetically Engineer …Inverse
A Third Of The Great Barrier Reef Is Gone—Can Gene Editing Help Preserve The Rest?Newsweek
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Medical Xpress

Vitamin A derivative selectively kills liver cancer stem cells
Medical Xpress
We found one specific group of EpCAM-positive cancer stem cells, where MYCN was elevated. We wondered if perhaps the key to acyclic retinoid’s effect was its ability to target these hepatic cancer stem cells.” Indeed, experiments revealed that when

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CART ups challenges in pharma supply chain
BioPharma Dive
The life of a T cell isn’t glamorous. Its job is to protect the body from illness, meaning frequent battles with foreign bacteria or viruses. Cancer is another foe, but a cache of tools allows tumor cells to hide from and weaken the immune system. With

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New £60m Stevenage gene therapy centre opened
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A new £60m gene and cell manufacturing centre which could help advance the treatment of paralysis, blindness and Alzheimer’s disease has opened. The government-funded centre in Stevenage aims to promote gene and cell therapy, which uses parts of a

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New £60m Stevenage gene therapy centre opened – BBC News
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It is hoped the centre could help advance the treatment of paralysis, blindness and Alzheimer’s disease.

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