All posts by: Michael Zand

Chocolate is on track to go extinct in 40 years – The Independent

Scientists a step closer to mimicking way human body creates sperm – The Guardian

The GuardianScientists a step closer to mimicking way human body creates spermThe GuardianScientists have come a step closer to mimicking the natural process by which the body creates sperm from stem cells in work that could ultimately provide new trea… Continue reading

Nebraska students tackle a state-centric environmental problem — cow burps — with award-winning results – Lincoln Journal Star

Lincoln Journal StarNebraska students tackle a state-centric environmental problem — cow burps — with award-winning resultsLincoln Journal StarTeam members and mentors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln pose in front of the gold medal-winning proj… Continue reading

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy elicits treatment response in patients with refractory B-cell lymphoma – 2 Minute Medicine

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy elicits treatment response in patients with refractory B-cell lymphoma2 Minute MedicineBoth are primarily treated with rituximab-based chemotherapy regimens, however the prognosis for either cancer remains poor … Continue reading

The Biggest Technology Failures of 2017 – MIT Technology Review

MIT Technology ReviewThe Biggest Technology Failures of 2017MIT Technology ReviewThis year you can add “DIY—gene therapy” to the list. Josiah Zayner did it on video in August, injecting himself with a syringe full of the DNA-slashing chemicals known as… Continue reading

Editas Medicine (EDIT) versus OptiNose (OPTN) Head to Head Review – StockNewsTimes

Editas Medicine (EDIT) versus OptiNose (OPTN) Head to Head ReviewStockNewsTimesIt is developing a genome editing platform based on clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) technology. CRISPR uses a protein-ribonucleic acid (… Continue reading

Three Things To Look Out For In 2018 – Forbes

Three Things To Look Out For In 2018ForbesGenetics and biotech Medical advances created by progress in modifying cells will accelerate in 2018. Some National Health Service patients in the UK are already able to receive pioneering cell-gene therapy by … Continue reading