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Stem Cell Transplant Saves Brother’s Life – KNWA

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2017-02-18 NEWS

KNWA

Stem Cell Transplant Saves Brother’s Life
KNWA
FAYETTEVILLE, AR. — – Bruce and Blair Johanson have been together since the moment of conception. They now work side by side in Fayetteville. They look, talk and even walk alike. They were told at birth they were fraternal twins. “Whenever we would …
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2017-02-18 NEWS

Fayetteville Observer

Stephen Schramm: NC State coach Mark Gottfried deserves a proper sendoff
Fayetteville Observer
It also meant that the final four games of the regular season, and however many the Wolfpack play in the ACC tournament, will exist in suspended animation. The past is over, but the future isn’t here yet. In the middle of all this is Gottfried. The …

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2017-02-18 NEWS

Science Daily

Emergence of Crispr provides opportunity to play God with gene therapy
Irish Times
Recent advances, notably a powerful gene-editing tool called Crispr, have made snipping out tageted parts of the DNA of germline and non-germline, “somatic”, genes a relatively simple process. And the ethical debate has reopened. A report this week …
Genome surgery with CRISPR-Cas9 to prevent blindnessScience Daily
PLOS BlogsPLoS Blogs (blog)
CRISPR editing allowed with proper supervision, study advisesScience Recorder
News-Medical.net –Business Standard
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2017-02-18 NEWS

Washington Post

CRISPR pioneer muses about long journey from China to pinnacle of American science
Washington Post
That’s because of CRISPR, the gene-editing technique that lets scientists manipulate the genetic code of organisms almost like revising a sentence with a word processor. Zhang was one of its pioneers, and on Wednesday he emerged victorious after a …
Why the CRISPR patent verdict isn’t the end of the storyNature.com
UC Berkeley suffers big loss in CRISPR patent fight: What’s next for the powerful gene-editing technology?Los Angeles Times
Who should be allowed to use CRISPR?Popular Science
The Biological SCENE –Scientific American –Forbes –UC Berkeley News – University of California, Berkeley
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