All posts by: Michael Zand

In Canada’s Stem Cell Factory, AI Would Help Patrol the Line – Bloomberg

Crowding in the skin: Stem cells sense neighborhood density to make decisions – Phys.Org

Phys.OrgCrowding in the skin: Stem cells sense neighborhood density to make decisionsPhys.Org"We observed that dividing stem cells induced a local crowding effect to the stem cell layer which deformed the cells in the vicinity of this event. Intri… Continue reading

Searching for the CRISPR Swiss-army knife – Phys.Org

Phys.OrgSearching for the CRISPR Swiss-army knifePhys.OrgRepresentation of CRISPR protein Cpf1. The class 2 CRISPR Cas complexes, including Cas9 and Cpf1, have great versatility, since a single protein guided by a guide RNA is able to recognize and cut… Continue reading

GNS Healthcare Uses Causal AI to Discover Which Multiple Myeloma Patients Will Have Progression Free Survival … – Markets Insider

GNS Healthcare Uses Causal AI to Discover Which Multiple Myeloma Patients Will Have Progression Free Survival …Markets InsiderCAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — GNS Healthcare (GNS), a leading precision medicine company, together with th… Continue reading

Synthetic biology research profiled – Lethbridge Herald

Synthetic biology research profiledLethbridge HeraldA University of Lethbridge professor has been profiled in a prestigious science magazine for his work in synthetic biology and involving students in the scientific process. Hans-Joachim Wieden, Albert… Continue reading

MEDICAL Q&A: In quest to prove gene therapies work, a logjam – Sarasota Herald-Tribune

MEDICAL Q&A: In quest to prove gene therapies work, a logjamSarasota Herald-TribuneA: Biotech companies have exciting plans to introduce treatments that may be transformative, sometimes curing genetic diseases with a single treatment. And the firms… Continue reading

Gene therapy shows promise against blood-clotting disease – The Philadelphia Tribune

The Philadelphia TribuneGene therapy shows promise against blood-clotting diseaseThe Philadelphia TribuneGene therapy has freed 10 men from nearly all symptoms of hemophilia for a year so far, in a study that fuels hopes that a one-time treatment can g… Continue reading