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A New Gene-Editing Therapy Would Benefit Kids Most—Here’s Why They Won’t Get It Yet
MIT Technology Review
A patient in the U.S. has become the first person to receive an injection of an experimental therapy meant to edit a genetic error in his DNA. The use of gene editing to correct cells in the body represents a scientific milestone, but the case also …
In a first, scientists edit genes inside a man’s body to try to cure a disease. What’s next?Washington Post
A human has been injected with gene-editing tools to cure his disabling disease. Here’s what you need to knowScience Magazine
US man with rare disease is first to undergo gene editing in the bodyCBS News
CNN –Telegraph.co.uk –The Atlantic –AP News
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Editing genes with a more precise alternative to CRISPR
FierceBiotech
The gene editing technology with the most buzz these days is CRISPR-Cas9, which corrects genetic abnormalities by breaking two DNA strands and then inserting healthy genes or eliminating unhealthy ones. But this process can be dangerous: When the …
Biohackers are using CRISPR on their DNA and we can’t stop itNew Scientist
A Breathtaking New GIF Shows CRISPR Chewing Up DNALive Science
CRISPR Gene-Editing Technology Could Hold Key To Understanding AddictionForbes
The Atlantic –ScienceAlert –The MIT Tech –Nature
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Gene Therapy Is Revolutionary Science That Can Cure Blindness. Is It Worth $1 Million a Pop?
Fortune
2017 has been a marquee year for gene therapy and medical technologies which harness—and manipulate—the body’s very biological building blocks to fight disease. But with great innovation comes profound questions about cost. And the expected …
$1 million price tag in spotlight as gene therapy becomes realityReuters
$1 million price tag in spotlight as gene therapy becomes realityCyprus Mail

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Gene Therapy Is Revolutionary Science That Can Cure Blindness. Is It Worth $1 Million a Pop?
Fortune
2017 has been a marquee year for gene therapy and medical technologies which harness—and manipulate—the body’s very biological building blocks to fight disease. But with great innovation comes profound questions about cost. And the expected …
$1 million price tag in spotlight as gene therapy becomes realityReuters
$1 million price tag in spotlight as gene therapy becomes realityCyprus Mail

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CRISPR Patents Must Be ‘Reined In,’ Experts Say
GenomeWeb
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – In the battle for the patent rights to CRISPR-Cas9 technology, just about the only thing the two sides seem to agree on is that one of them should be able to control the intellectual property rights arising from the discovery of …

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New stem cell research offers promise — and raises questions
Axios
What’s happening now: Instead of flashy, morphing cells, the stem cell therapies of today are much more subtle, work in unexpected ways, and it’s not always clear why. Still, these advances are promising, so much so that today the FDA released a newly …
Unapproved stem cell therapies on the market in Canada – Health …CBC.ca
FDA lays out long-awaited guidelines for stem cell treatmentsSTAT
Human Embryonic Stem Cells Were Just Used to Fix A Leading Cause of BlindnessFuturism
Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine –MD Magazine –European Pharmaceutical Review
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