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First childhood leukemia patient ready for ‘game-changing’ therapy in St. Louis – STLtoday.com

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2018-03-05 NEWS

STLtoday.com

First childhood leukemia patient ready for ‘game-changing’ therapy in St. Louis
STLtoday.com
Jonathan Cook, 12, of Swansea, Ill., relaxes in his hospital bed during an interview on Tuesday , Feb. 27, 2018, at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Jonathan will be the first to receive CART cell therapy for recurring leukemia at Children’s Hospital

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2018-03-05 NEWS

Immuno-Oncology News

Fate Receives $4 Million to Advance Natural Killer Cell Immunotherapy Into Trials
Immuno-Oncology News
At the heart of Fate’s therapy is engineering white blood cells known as natural killer cells to do a better job of killing tumor cells. Natural killer cells play a key role in preventing and eliminating tumor cells. Once immune system antibodies bind

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2018-03-05 NEWS

Xconomy

Paying for Gene Therapy, CRISPR in People, RNAi at “What’s Hot” on May 16
Xconomy
The first U.S. gene therapy, for a rare form of vision loss, is now on the market. In 2017, the FDA also approved the first two CAR-T cell therapies for cancer, the first cancer drug based on a genetic signature, and the first smartphone app to treat

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Phys.Org

Gene editing method produces perfect pluripotent stem cell twins
Phys.Org
Single mutations in DNA, known as single nucleotide polymorphisms—or SNPs for short—are the most common type of variation in the human genome. More than 10 million SNPs are known, many of which are associated with ailments such as Alzheimer’s, heart