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Scientists make cancer breakthrough with stem cell discovery – Metro

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2018-02-15 NEWS

Metro

Scientists make cancer breakthrough with stem cell discovery
Metro
Dr Joseph Wu, director of Stanford’s Cardiovascular Institute, said: ‘Pending replication in humans, our findings indicate these cells may one day serve as a true patient-specific cancer vaccine.’ Scientists believe iPS cells could eventually be used
Stem Cell Vaccine Protects Mice From CancerThe Scientist
Cancer vaccine made from stem cells could open another door in immunotherapySTAT
Induced pluripotent stem cells could serve as cancer vaccine, researchers sayMedical Xpress
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New CRISPR-Cas9 tool edits both RNA and DNA precisely
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Called CRISPR-Cas9, the tool acts as molecular scissors—able to cut DNA at exactly the spot it’s asked to. But it can’t cut the other kind of genetic material found in cells, called RNA. Now, researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered a