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How gene manipulation tech Crispr will transform medicine and agriculture – Verdict

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2018-03-14 NEWS

Verdict

How gene manipulation tech Crispr will transform medicine and agriculture
Verdict
Financial problems cause two Deliciously Ella deli closures. Jennifer Doudna, inventor of revolutionary gene editing technique Crispr, expects the technology to transform agriculture and medicine. In an interview with the Financial Times – forming part
Agriculture First for CRISPRGenomeWeb
Jennifer Doudna: ‘I still remember my first encounter with DNA’Financial Times

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Immuno-Oncology News

New Type of CAR T-cells Offers Hope for ‘First Viable’ Treatment of T-cell Blood Cancers, Study Reports
Immuno-Oncology News
T-cells, a type of white blood cell, recognize foreign molecules through specific membrane receptors. T-cell receptors can be genetically altered to specifically recognize and kill tumor cells, a therapy called chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) T-cell

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Genetic Literacy Project

Viewpoint: GlaxoSmithKline abandonment of rare disease genetherapy drug program because it’s not a money …
Genetic Literacy Project
When GlaxoSmithKline, long a global leader in the effort to pioneer gene replacement therapies, announced it would halt its drug development program for rare diseases, I understood that the decision made practical sense for the company. But as the

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Inovio’s DNA Immunotherapy Demonstrates Immune Response Results Key in Treating Chronic Hepatitis B Infection
GlobeNewswire (press release)
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., March 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:INO) today announced that interim Phase 1 results show its DNA immunotherapy designed to treat hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was safe, well-tolerated and
Inovio Pharma (INO) Announces Interim Phase 1 Results for DNA Immunotherapy to Treat HBVStreetInsider.com

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European Biotechnology

Business as usual in Amsterdam
European Biotechnology
David Venables from Edinburgh-based Synpromics Ltd. promoted the company’s synthetic biology approach to transcriptional regulation that could catalyse a new generation of gene therapies: “Our idea is to have promoters that can be induced by

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STAT

Biotech tries to break bread with Silicon Valley’s disruptors. It’s awkward
STAT
If science might turn up its nose at the disruptors, some disruptors are prepared to return the favor. Heshan Illangkoon is a self-diagnosed polymath who divides his time as an entrepreneur in residence at the University of Florida between astrobiology