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FDA OKs first gene therapy for hereditary disease – Engadget

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2017-12-21 NEWS

Engadget

FDA OKs first gene therapy for hereditary disease
Engadget
The FDA has approved a new gene therapy that proves the technique can also be used to treat a variety of diseases other than cancer. According to the agency’s announcement, the therapy called Luxturna can treat biallelic RPE65 mutation-associated

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2017-12-21 NEWS

Engadget

FDA OKs first gene therapy for hereditary disease
Engadget
The FDA has approved a new gene therapy that proves the technique can also be used to treat a variety of diseases other than cancer. According to the agency’s announcement, the therapy called Luxturna can treat biallelic RPE65 mutation-associated

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2017-12-21 NEWS

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Illicit placenta and stem cell therapies seized from BC beauty shop
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A product labelled as human placenta and an illicit stem cell therapy were among several unauthorized drugs recently seized from a beauty shop in Richmond, B.C., federal officials say. The drugs confiscated from Before & After Beauty Lab on Hazelbridge
Illegal ‘human placenta’ and stem cell products seized from BC beauty shopInfoTel News Ltd
Advisory – Multiple unauthorized drugs seized from Before & After Beauty Lab in Richmond, BC may pose serious …Canada NewsWire (press release)

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College journalism instructor’s stem cell donation could save life
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College journalism instructor’s stem cell donation could save life. by Amy Aubert/ABC7. Jenny Glick doesn’t know much about the recipient other than he’s fighting lymphoma and depending on her donation. (ABC7). AA. WASHINGTON (ABC7) —. The slow hum of