Study highlights pernicious effect of obesity on blood-making stem cellsNews-Medical.netNew research published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine highlights the pernicious effect of obesity on the long-term health of blood-making stem cells (hemat… Continue reading
FierceBiotechUsing CRISPR to prevent hearing loss | FierceBiotechFierceBiotechThe emerging gene-editing technique CRISPR-Cas9 is being examined for its potential to prevent hearing loss in people who inherit faulty deafness-causing genes. Scientists at… Continue reading
FierceBiotechUsing CRISPR to prevent hearing loss | FierceBiotechFierceBiotechThe emerging gene-editing technique CRISPR-Cas9 is being examined for its potential to prevent hearing loss in people who inherit faulty deafness-causing genes. Scientists at… Continue reading
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To Root Out Cancer Immunotherapies Dig Deeper
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Immunotherapy has done more than just scratch beneath the surface of cancer. In recent years, immunotherapy has started to undermine melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, head and neck cancers, and Hodgkin’s lymphoma … |
Phys.Org |
Scientists engineer microbes to form ‘memories’ of their environment
Phys.Org “We’re hoping this will help foster collaboration between synthetic biologists and microbiologists,” said Emily Fulk, a graduate student at Rice University in Texas and who presented her preliminary work at the 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall … |
The Atlantic |
Is a ‘Cure’ for Blindness Worth $1 Million?
The Atlantic Cervenka is not opposed to gene therapy to treat blindness, but she wanted to emphasize the trade-offs. Aside from the potential seven-figure price tag, the therapy comes with risks from injecting into the eyeball, plus it takes time to travel to a … |
Daily Mail |
First genetically engineered super horse, designed to be faster and stronger, could be born in 2019
Daily Mail Crispr is a tool for making precise edits in DNA, discovered in bacteria. The acronym stands for ‘Clustered Regularly Inter-Spaced Palindromic Repeats’. The technique involves a DNA cutting enzyme and a small tag which tells the enzyme where to cut … ‘Super Horses’ With Edited DNA Could Be Real By 2019International Business Times |