Scientists Are Making Pigs Less Fatty for a Very Important Reason – Fortune
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Scientists Are Making Pigs Less Fatty for a Very Important Reason
Fortune There’s been a one-two punch of significant developments in the brave new world of CRISPR gene editing this week—and one of them potentially includes the saddening/encouraging prospect of less fatty bacon and pork products sometime in the future … Scientists Created Low-Fat Pigs by Editing Their Genes With CRISPRTIME CRISPR‘d pigs could produce low-fat baconTechCrunch Bacon that’s healthier but still tasty? It’s possible as scientists create diet pigsSacramento Bee NPR –GenomeWeb –Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences –NPR all 68 news articles » |
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Shire Receives Orphan Drug Designation for Gene Therapy Candidate SHP654 (BAX 888) for the Treatment of …
Markets Insider Lexington, MA – October 25, 2017 – Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG), the global biotechnology leader in rare diseases, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded Orphan Drug Designation to Shire’s gene therapy … |
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New gene-editing technique may lead to treatment for thousands of diseases
Los Angeles Times They will also have to figure out when in a patient’s life is the best time to deliver a certain gene therapy. To that end, his lab is collaborating with other labs that have expertise in genetic diseases. “A tremendous amount of work is needed before … Novel CRISPR-derived ‘base editors’ surgically alter DNA or RNA, offering new ways to fix mutationsScience Magazine Scientists work toward reversible kind of gene editingCBC.ca |
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Brainstorm Health: Brainstorm Health Anniversary, CRISPR Bacon, GSK Earnings, Anthem Profit Beat
Fortune Happy Anniversary, Dailies! We launched Brainstorm Health Daily one year ago today. Since then, we’ve grown our subscriber base by leaps and bounds. And thanks to your engagement, we’ve even formed what I will grandiosely call a “community.” Yes … |