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2017-12-08 NEWS

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CRISPR: The Latest Edition
Science Magazine (blog)
There’s a rather large breakthrough in CRISPR gene editing – yeah, another one – that has downstream implications for drug discovery. A group at the Salk Institute reports in Cell that they’ve found a way to do both loss- and gain-of-function without
Scientists use CRISPR to turn genes on without editing their DNALos Angeles Times
CRISPR/Cas9 Edits Epigenome with Therapeutic EfficiencyGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Diabetes and muscular dystrophy could be treated effectively with modified Crispr genetic engineering techniqueThe Independent
Futurism –New Atlas –The Guardian
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United States: US FDA Advisory Committee Backs Gene Therapy For Rare Form Of Blindness
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On October 12, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee has paved the way for the agency’s first approval of a gene therapy to treat a disease caused by a genetic mutation. A panel of