Stem cell therapy… for pets? – THV 11
THV 11 |
Stem cell therapy… for pets?
THV 11 SPRING HILL, Fla. (WTSP) – Advances in modern medicine aren’t limited to just humans, our pets are seeing the benefits as well. When it comes to stem cell therapy, a handful of Tampa Bay dogs are part of a clinical trial that could pave the way to new … |
UPI.com |
Immunotherapy against bee stings in some cases incomplete
Science Daily This is where allergen-specific immunotherapy, commonly known as allergy shots, can help. The treatment involves injecting very small doses of the venom under the patient’s skin. The idea is to force the body to become accustomed to the poison and … Study finds immunotherapy against bee stings incompleteUPI.com |
TechCrunch |
Caribou Bioscience’s CEO on CRISPR’s legal and ethical challenges
TechCrunch Caribou Bioscience co-founder and CEO Rachel Haurwitz joined us onstage at Disrupt this morning to help unpack some of the myriad complexities around her company’s pioneering work in the field of CRISPR biology. The gene editing tool has been the … |
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Design of a promising gene therapy method to treat Wilson’s disease
EurekAlert (press release) Pamplona (Spain), May 16. Scientists at the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) at the University of Navarra (Spain) have designed a promising gene therapy method to treat Wilson’s disease, a rare pathology caused by the lack of or malfunction … |
Scientific American |
Geneticists Enlist Engineered Virus and CRISPR to Battle Citrus Disease
Scientific American Other projects aim to edit the genome of citrus trees using CRISPR–Cas9 to make them more resistant to the pest, or engineer trees to express defence genes or short RNA molecules that prevent disease transmission. Local growers have also helped to fund … |
Slate Magazine (blog) |
What Slate Readers Think About Synthetic Biology
Slate Magazine (blog) Our latest Futurography unit focused on synthetic biology. We published articles on the regulatory status of the field, the possible militarization of the natural world, and even synthetic biology’s relationship to queer theory. But we’re also … |