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Iowa universities achieve elite status in Fulbright program – The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines

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2018-02-20 NEWS

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines

Iowa universities achieve elite status in Fulbright program
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
Imperial College London awards just one, and the University of Iowa’s McCarty received that one this year in pursuit of a Master of Research in Systems and Synthetic Biology. McCarty told The Gazette he graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in

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AbbVie and Voyager Therapeutics team up for Alzheimer’s gene therapy
Chemical & Engineering News
Antibodies that target tau or amyloid-β are in development at many companies, but they aren’t always able to reach the brain in large numbers, even though injections of the drugs are typically given repeatedly. In contrast, a one-time injection of
AbbVie, Voyager Launch Up-to-$1.1B+ GeneTherapy Collaboration to Treat Alzheimer’s, Neurodegenerative DiseasesGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Cambridge’s Voyager, AbbVie to pursue Alzheimer’s gene therapy under $69M dealBoston Business Journal
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Benson Hill Biosystems Receives Patent for Novel CRISPR Technology
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Newswise — ST. LOUIS, MO.—February 20, 2018— The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Benson Hill Biosystems Patent No. 9,896,696 related to CRISPR 3.0 Cms1 genome editing nucleases, further expanding the company’s suite of genomics tools to
Who is leading the charge for new precision breeding tools? | 2018 …Agri-Pulse

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Benson Hill Biosystems receives patent for novel CRISPR technology
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9,896,696 related to CRISPR 3.0 Cms1 genome editing nucleases, further expanding the company’s suite of genomics tools to accelerate crop performance improvements. Benson Hill’s genome editing system Edit, powered by CropOS™, enables companies across
Merck Receives Two More Patents for CRISPR TechnologyMarkets Insider

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The Atlantic

A Biohacker Regrets Publicly Injecting Himself With CRISPR
The Atlantic
He’s extensively documented attempts to genetically engineer the color of his skin. And most notoriously, he injected his arm with DNA encoding for CRISPR that could theoretically enhance his muscles—in between taking swigs of Scotch at a live