All posts by: Michael Zand

A Q&A with immunotherapy researcher Dr. Rachel Perret
Fred Hutch News Service
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s Dr. Rachel Perret is one of those lucky few. A postdoctoral research fellow training under the mentorship of immunotherapy expert Dr. Phil Greenberg, Perret spends her days — and sometimes her nights — working …

Juno Therapeutics CEO Bishop on Immunotherapy
Bloomberg
Juno Therapeutics CEO Hans Bishop discusses the company’s immunotherapy for cancer. He speaks with Erik Schatzker on “Bloomberg Technology” from the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference. (Source: Bloomberg) …

Monsanto’s New Biotech Tools Must Avoid the Same Public Relations Fate as GMOs
Fortune
With tools like CRISPR, plant scientists would be able to focus on developing traits other than the pest resistance and herbicide tolerance that dominate the GMO market—something such as enhanced nutrition that might be more palatable to consumers.

Why the Patent Battle Over CRISPR Matters (and Why It Doesn’t)
Gizmodo
By the time a panel of judges at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office gets around to deciding who owns the biggest biotechnology innovation of the century, CRISPR-Cas9 may have already lost its heavyweight title as the most precise tool for genetic …
How Gene Editing Could Ruin Human EvolutionTIME
Interference: A CRISPR Patent Dispute Roadmap – Bio-IT WorldBio-IT World
The Patent Fight Over CRISPR Hinges on a Microscopic DetailPopular Mechanics
Next Big Future
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Researchers Awarded $2.2M for Duchenne Gene Therapy Investigation
Muscular Dystrophy News
Mendell is a professor of pediatrics and neurology and director of the center for gene therapy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Research Institute, and Rodino-Klapac heads the Rodino-Klapac Gene Therapy Lab for Muscular Dystrophies, which is focused …

Stomachs grown from stem cells could yield secrets of digestion
Genetic Literacy Project
Principal investigator Jim Wells, Ph.D., director of the Pluripotent Stem Cell Facility at Cincinnati Children’s, has made it his mission to develop reliable, consistent models of the organs involved in digestion – specifically, the intestines, stomach …
Stem Cell Therapy: Miracle Cure Disovered For Girl With Cerebral PalsyiTech Post
Stem Cell Therapies Market Rapidly Growing, Global Trends In The Competitive, Technological And R&D LandscapeMedgadget (blog)
Cell Banking Outsourcing Market Headed for Growth and Global Expansion by 2016 – 2022Satellite PR News (press release)

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