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CRISPR-Created Foods are Different than GMOs. It’s Wrong for Anti-GMO Activists to Pretend They’re Not. – American Council on Science and Health

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2018-04-04 NEWS

American Council on Science and Health

CRISPR-Created Foods are Different than GMOs. It’s Wrong for Anti-GMO Activists to Pretend They’re Not.
American Council on Science and Health
Monsanto, perhaps to rebrand itself, and certainly to remain a leader in agricultural biotech has helped establish and fund Pairwise Plants a start-up using CRISPR-Cas9 technologies to modify seeds. They have given the new company money and their vice

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CTV News

Alberta woman cured of sickle cell disease thanks to sister’s stem cells
CTV News
An Edmonton woman appears to be the first adult in Canada to be cured of sickle cell disease through a stem cell transplant, giving her hope of a new life without the life-threatening and painful disease. Sickle cell disease is a genetic condition in
Stem cell transplant cures first adult sickle-cell patient in Canada …Calgary Herald
Alberta woman 1st adult in Canada to be ‘cured’ of sickle cell …CBC.ca
What Is Sickle Cell Anemia? Stem Cell Transplant Cures Canadian WomanInternational Business Times
MetroNews Canada –Immortal News –Week Facts
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Drug Target Review

Lymphocytes armed to kill: how customised cell engineering advances immunotherapy
Drug Target Review
The immune system is now regarded as a powerful weapon in the war against cancer, and in the current era immune cells have become ‘living drugs’. This review article considers some of the key advances in immuno-oncology… The idea that the immune