Science MagazineCancer immunotherapy company tries to explain deaths in recent trialScience MagazineMore than a year after five leukemia patients died from an experimental treatment involving genetically engineered immune cells, its developer believes … Continue reading
Philly.comSome stem cell therapies would skip usual FDA rules under new guidelinesPhilly.comBut the new guidance, put out as a draft in 2014, does not address the explosion of stem cell clinics offering treatments that may be ineffective or worse. Some… Continue reading
MIT Technology Review |
A New Gene-Editing Therapy Would Benefit Kids Most—Here’s Why They Won’t Get It Yet
MIT Technology Review A patient in the U.S. has become the first person to receive an injection of an experimental therapy meant to edit a genetic error in his DNA. The use of gene editing to correct cells in the body represents a scientific milestone, but the case also … In a first, scientists edit genes inside a man’s body to try to cure a disease. What’s next?Washington Post A human has been injected with gene-editing tools to cure his disabling disease. Here’s what you need to knowScience Magazine US man with rare disease is first to undergo gene editing in the bodyCBS News CNN –Telegraph.co.uk –The Atlantic –AP News all 123 news articles » |
FierceBiotech |
Editing genes with a more precise alternative to CRISPR
FierceBiotech The gene editing technology with the most buzz these days is CRISPR-Cas9, which corrects genetic abnormalities by breaking two DNA strands and then inserting healthy genes or eliminating unhealthy ones. But this process can be dangerous: When the … Biohackers are using CRISPR on their DNA and we can’t stop itNew Scientist A Breathtaking New GIF Shows CRISPR Chewing Up DNALive Science CRISPR Gene-Editing Technology Could Hold Key To Understanding AddictionForbes The Atlantic –ScienceAlert –The MIT Tech –Nature all 85 news articles » |
Fortune |
Gene Therapy Is Revolutionary Science That Can Cure Blindness. Is It Worth $1 Million a Pop?
Fortune 2017 has been a marquee year for gene therapy and medical technologies which harness—and manipulate—the body’s very biological building blocks to fight disease. But with great innovation comes profound questions about cost. And the expected … $1 million price tag in spotlight as gene therapy becomes realityReuters $1 million price tag in spotlight as gene therapy becomes realityCyprus Mail |
Fortune |
Gene Therapy Is Revolutionary Science That Can Cure Blindness. Is It Worth $1 Million a Pop?
Fortune 2017 has been a marquee year for gene therapy and medical technologies which harness—and manipulate—the body’s very biological building blocks to fight disease. But with great innovation comes profound questions about cost. And the expected … $1 million price tag in spotlight as gene therapy becomes realityReuters $1 million price tag in spotlight as gene therapy becomes realityCyprus Mail |
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CRISPR Patents Must Be ‘Reined In,’ Experts Say
GenomeWeb NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – In the battle for the patent rights to CRISPR-Cas9 technology, just about the only thing the two sides seem to agree on is that one of them should be able to control the intellectual property rights arising from the discovery of … |