CRISPR’s swiftest and most promising application might be food – Genetic Literacy Project
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CRISPR’s swiftest and most promising application might be food
Genetic Literacy Project But CRISPR’s most promising application might not be in health care. It might be in food. Before CRISPR, adding a trait like insect resistance to a plant was imprecise, slow, and costly. Traditional breeding methods introduce unwanted characteristics … |
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Dental stem cells: Banking on an unpredictable future
WBAY You’ve probably heard of cord blood banking, where families save stem cells from a baby’s umbilical cord. Now there’s a new way to do it with teeth. It’s called dental stem cell banking. “I have a 14-, 16-, 17-, 19- and 22-year-old,” Rau said. “My … |
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Celebrating The Moms of Gene Therapy
PLoS Blogs (blog) As Mother’s Day and the annual meeting of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy approach, I’d like to update the stories of some of the moms I’ve written about, and introduce a new friend with perhaps the most astonishing gene therapy … |