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CRISPR used to peer into human embryos’ first days – Nature.com

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2017-09-20 NEWS

Nature.com

CRISPR used to peer into human embryos’ first days
Nature.com
Published online today in Nature, the study relied on CRISPR–Cas9, a gene-editing system that can make precise changes to DNA in the genome. In this case, researchers harnessed CRISPR–Cas9 to disrupt the production of a protein called OCT4 that is …
In a first, human embryos edited to explore gene functionScience News
Scientists use gene-editing technology to knock out genes in human embryos for first timeScience Magazine
CRISPR opens window into early stages of human embryo developmentGenetic Literacy Project
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Daily Mail

CRISPR-Cas9 used to identify gene for pregnancy success | Daily …
Daily Mail
Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute in London used the CRISPR-Cas9 system to ‘edit’ growing human embryos to see what would occur when a key …
Discovery helps engineer more accurate Cas9s for CRISPR editing …UC Berkeley
Scientists Use CRISPR to Change a Flower’s Color – – Vital UpdatesVital Updates
Vital role played by fertility ‘master gene’ found by British scientists …NW Evening Mail

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Cancer victim’s sister is denied a visa to come to the US | Daily Mail …
Daily Mail
A California woman battling cancer is in danger of losing her life due to US immigration authorities repeatedly denying her sister a travel visa to America.

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OncLive

Take-Home Messages: Immunotherapy for HNSCC
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Ezra Cohen, MD: We’ve heard a lot now about immunotherapy and where it stands in head and neck cancer. I want to turn to each one of our panelists and get their take on where immunotherapy stands right now for patients with head and neck cancer.