All posts by: Michael Zand

Japan: The World’s Next Big Arms Dealer?
The National Interest Online (blog)
The deal remains in suspended animation. Some media commentaries even suggest it is as good as ‘almost dead’. More recently, Japan has opened talks with New Zealand seeking to sell patrol and transport aircraft. The negotiations are still at the early …

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Major Changes Coming to Mesothelioma Immunotherapy
Asbestos.com
Dr. Aaron Mansfield at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota believes that checkpoint inhibitors, immunotherapy, are on the verge of changing traditional treatment for mesothelioma. “If we talk again in a year or two, there is going to be a different treatment …

Researchers Perform Genome Surgery with CRISPR-Cas9 to Prevent Blindness
R & D Magazine
Scientists at the Center for Genome Engineering, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) report the use of CRISPR-Cas9 in performing “gene surgery” in the layer of tissue that supports the retina of living mice. Published in Genome Research, this …
CRISPR/Cas9 fight could be far from over – Editas Medicine …Seeking Alpha
CRISPR editing allowed with proper supervision, study advisesScience Recorder
IBS scientists modify fat content in soybean oil using new CRISPR-Cpf1 technologyNews-Medical.net
Business Standard
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Bio Roundup: CRISPR Drama, Marathon and PhRMA, the Price of Vision & More
Xconomy
Meanwhile, plans to replace the Affordable Care Act crept forward, the potential new Medicare/Medicaid chief testified before a congressional committee, and the legal feud over ownership of the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 continued. Let’s get …

Calgary man becomes world’s first to receive experimental gene therapy
CTV News
Bildulka’s gene therapy began when his medical team harvested his bone marrow. The stem cells were sent to the Toronto office of Dr. Jeffrey Medin, a specialist in gene transfer. His team took the cells and using a modified virus called a lentivirus …
Canadian researchers use gene therapy to treat patient with Fabry diseaseNews-Medical.net
Calgary patient with rare condition ‘first in the world’ to receive …Globalnews.ca
Calgary man first in the world to receive experimental gene therapy …MetroNews Canada

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New Nanofiber Matrix Enhances Stem Cell Production
Drug Discovery & Development
A new nanofiber-on-microfiber matrix could lead to more and better quality stem cells for disease treatment and regenerative therapies. The matrix, produced by researchers from Kyoto University in Japan, is made of gelatin nanofibers on a synthetic …

Immunotherapy and the Future of Prostate Cancer Treatment
Cancer Therapy Advisor
ORLANDO, FL – Despite early failures, there may be a role for single-agent and combination immunotherapy for patients with prostate cancer, according to a keynote presentation at 2017 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.¹. Charles G. Drake, MD, PhD, …