International Stem Cell Corporation Announces Operating Results for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2018GlobeNewswire (press release)CARLSBAD, Calif., May 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCQB:ISCO) (www.internationalstemc… Continue reading
A new DNA editing toolkit for the alga NannochloropsisPhys.OrgThe heart of CRISPR is that it targets specific stretches of DNA for mutations. Scientists insert a gene construct – a package – in an organism. The construct includes a guiding mechanism to… Continue reading
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These CRISPR-modified crops don’t count as GMOs
The Conversation US The gene editing tool we use is called CRISPR – which stands for “Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats” – and was adapted from the defense systems of bacteria. These bacterial CRISPR systems have been modified so that scientists … CRISPR-edited rice plants produce major boost in grain yieldPhys.Org |
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Hunting a cure, Spark reports steady progress on hemophilia B gene therapy as Pfizer preps for pivotal handoff
Endpoints News After some fine tuning on the manufacturing side, Spark Therapeutics $ONCE says it’s racked up a new round of promising results for its Phase I/II study of a groundbreaking new gene therapy that aims to cure hemophilia B. And the biotech is prepping a … Spark’s gene therapy SPK-9001 shows treatment benefit in hemophilia B studySeeking Alpha Spark/Pfizer eye phase 3 trial of haemophilia B gene therapypharmaphorum More encouraging data for Spark and Pfizer’s potential haemophilia B curePMLiVE |
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TapImmune Expands Scientific Advisory Board with Cancer Immunotherapy Pioneers James P. Allison, Ph.D., and …
PR Newswire (press release) Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D., is a leading translational scientist and clinical investigator focused on cancer immunotherapy. Her work was critical to advancing the research and development that yielded the world’s first checkpoint inhibitors, and she … Global Cancer Immunotherapy Market 2018 Assessment- Merck, Novartis and Janssen Global ServicesBusiness Services |