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Sandhoff disease study shows proof of principle for gene therapy – Science Daily

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2018-02-25 NEWS

Sandhoff disease study shows proof of principle for gene therapy
Science Daily
A paper appearing in the March 1 issue of the Journal of Lipid Research by senior investigators Tifft and Richard Proia and lead author Laura Allende of NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and their colleagues

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2018-02-25 NEWS

The Canberra Times

CRISPR will save lives – and technology can’t come soon enough
The Canberra Times
Humans have been tinkering with genes for as long we know. It’s why we have edible bananas instead of bulbous things with hard seeds, or corn that looks like corn and not grass. Well before the discovery of the gene, we’ve been breeding them in and out

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2018-02-25 NEWS

The Sydney Morning Herald

CRISPR will save lives – and technology can’t come soon eough
The Sydney Morning Herald
The potential applications of CRISPR are enormous. It’s the closest we’ve ever come to a cure for cancer. We’ve already been able to cure HIV infection in animal models, and even in human cell cultures, by removing the viral genes that insert

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2018-02-25 NEWS

CRISPR will save lives – and technology can’t come soon eough
The Sydney Morning Herald
The potential applications of CRISPR are enormous. It’s the closest we’ve ever come to a cure for cancer. We’ve already been able to cure HIV infection in animal models, and even in human cell cultures, by removing the viral genes that insert

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2018-02-25 NEWS

The Age

CRISPR will save lives – and technology can’t come soon eough
The Age
The potential applications of CRISPR are enormous. It’s the closest we’ve ever come to a cure for cancer. We’ve already been able to cure HIV infection in animal models, and even in human cell cultures. Incurable genetic diseases, like Duchenne’s

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