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China Is Way Ahead When It Comes To CRISPR Gene Editing – IFLScience

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2018-01-23 NEWS

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China Is Way Ahead When It Comes To CRISPR Gene Editing
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It might have been the US who developed CRISPR-Cas9, but it’s China who’s now leading the way with this revolutionary gene-editing tool. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that China has used CRISPR on at least 86 people since 2015 at Hangzhou
CRISPR first in US: Human cancer patients to be treated with gene-editing toolGenetic Literacy Project

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Personalized Dendritic Cell Vaccines Could Improve Cancer Immunotherapy
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Dendritic cell vaccines, a promising cancer immunotherapy approach, usually come from dendritic cells that have been force-fed with tumor antigens. Dendritic cells, however, can also be modified so that they gorge themselves on antigen-carrying
‘Cross-dressing’ cells may improve cancer treatmentInfosurhoy

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