All posts by: Michael Zand

New Research Suggests Immunity to CRISPR Gene Editing Poses a Challenge – Singularity Hub

Singularity HubNew Research Suggests Immunity to CRISPR Gene Editing Poses a ChallengeSingularity HubCRISPR-Cas9 is the talk of the town in biotechnology. There is a huge amount of public interest in the possibilities provided by this new genome editin… Continue reading

Beta blockers may boost immunotherapy, help melanoma patients live longer – Medical Xpress

Medical XpressBeta blockers may boost immunotherapy, help melanoma patients live longerMedical XpressResearchers at Penn State found that melanoma patients who received immunotherapy while taking a specific type of beta blocker lived longer than patien… Continue reading

Beta blockers may boost immunotherapy, help melanoma patients live longer – Science Daily

UPI.comBeta blockers may boost immunotherapy, help melanoma patients live longerScience DailyResearchers at Penn State found that melanoma patients who received immunotherapy while taking a specific type of beta blocker lived longer than patients who r… Continue reading

How the immune system could stymie some CRISPR gene therapies – Nature.com

Nature.comHow the immune system could stymie some CRISPR gene therapiesNature.comIs this the end for CRISPR-Cas9 in gene therapy? Not likely, given the tremendous interest in this approach and the wealth of alternative enzymes to choose from. “Another … Continue reading

Newly identified biomarkers predict cancer patient’s response to immunotherapy – News-Medical.net

Zymergen Acquires Radiant Genomics – GenomeWeb

Zymergen Acquires Radiant GenomicsGenomeWebAccording to Zymergen, Radiant has built large-scale libraries of genetic diversity using a platform that combines sequencing, bioinformatics, synthetic biology, and other technologies for natural product disc… Continue reading

New Collaboration Focuses on Gene Therapy for ALS – Rare Disease Report

Rare Disease ReportNew Collaboration Focuses on Gene Therapy for ALSRare Disease ReportOnce bound to the target DNA sequence, a transcriptional repressor domain attached to the ZFP suppresses the expression of that gene. This is unique as previous gene… Continue reading