FDA panel backs gene therapy from Philly’s Spark Therapeutics – whyy
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FDA panel backs gene therapy from Philly’s Spark Therapeutics
whyy A new gene therapy to treat a rare eye condition that can leave children blind has been recommended for approval by a Food and Drug Administration committee. The therapy from Spark Therapeutics, a Philadelphia-based company, could represent an … |
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With GMO Struggle In Mind, Food Industry Vying For Public Trust With CRISPR Discussion
HPPR The technology is called Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, or CRISPR. It’s a technique that Alison Van Eenennaam, an animal genetics professor at University of California, Davis, says can de-activate a gene. Or, as she puts it … |
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This Guy Says He’s The First Person To Attempt Editing His DNA With CRISPR
BuzzFeed News This time, the biohacker claims he’s the first person trying to modify his own genome with the groundbreaking gene-editing technology known as CRISPR. And he’s providing the world with the means to do it, too, by posting a “DIY Human CRISPR Guide” … |
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‘Highly revolutionary’: Newly FDA-approved gene modification has promise in cancer treatment
WTOP The CAR–T cell treatment, developed by Novartis with multiple groups in the U.S. and internationally, is initially available to about 30 children’s hospitals. Here’s how it works: A patient donates blood that’s shipped to the cell factory that … |