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CRISPR Patent Winner to Open Up About Dispute
Medscape
LA JOLLA, California — The researcher recently awarded the patent for CRISPR genome editing will discuss his experience with the contentious and widely watched court battle at the upcoming 10th Future of Genomic Medicine (FOGM) Conference.

Study shows adipose stem cells may be the cell of choice for therapeutic applications
EurekAlert (press release)
An international team of researchers, funded by Morris Animal Foundation, has shown that adipose (fat) stem cells might be the preferred stem cell type for use in canine therapeutic applications, including orthopedic diseases and injury. Researchers at …
Stem cell ‘marking’ study offers alternative hypothesis of cancer metastasisDrug Target Review
Disease treatment, tissue regeneration may be bolstered by precise identification of stem cellsGenetic Literacy Project

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Moorestown Patch Letter To The Editor: Environmental Protection Important For Monarch Butterfly’s Survival
Patch.com
Soon millions of them will leave the oyamel fir forests of Mexico, where they’ve been overwintering in a state of suspended animation, their bodies blanketing the trees. They’ll fly and glide north toward the Mexico-United States border. Of course …

Second ‘Game of Thrones’ star revealed for ‘Mass Effect: Andromeda’
Yahoo News
As Dr. Lexi T’Perro she’s a blue-skinned crew member on board the main character’s spaceship and the first person that they meet upon waking from 600 years of suspended animation (video: youtu.be/erJhJEewCgM). The game itself is about exploring a …

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Ford: Bryan Colangelo’s struggles center on Sam Hinkie
Philly.com
It was another great week for Sam Hinkie, the former 76ers general manager who devised the franchise’s “Tank, Then Crank” strategy – well, at least the first part – but didn’t stick around for the second act after a ritual deveining by owner Josh Harris.

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Dr. Drake on Promise of Immunotherapy Combinations in Genitourinary Cancers
OncLive
Charles G. Drake, MD, PhD, director of Genitourinary Oncology, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and co-director of Columbia’s Cancer Immunotherapy Programs, discusses the potential of combinations between immunotherapy …

A Little-Known CRISPR Technique Could Be the Key to Fighting Deadly Superbugs
Gizmodo
When folks talk about the gene-editing tool CRISPR, they’re usually talking about CRISPR-Cas9, a combination of DNA and enzymes that together act like scissors to cut and paste genes. CRISPR-Cas9 has already been hailed a potential game changer in …

CRISPR Pigs Make Disease-Resistant Bacon
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Homer J. Simpson once referred—unknowingly of course—to the pig as a “magical, mystical creature,” and for many, culinary speaking, this is right on the mark. Yet, public health officials and farmers view the “enchanted” porcine much differently. In …
Virus-resistant pigs developed with CRISPR gene editing could cut piglet deaths, pork pricesGenetic Literacy Project

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