CRISPR breakthrough ignites hope of using pigs as organ donors – ScienceNordic
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CRISPR breakthrough ignites hope of using pigs as organ donors
ScienceNordic It is the second problem that scientists have now solved with the gene-editing tool, CRISPR. “We’ve switched off the porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) in the pigs, so that the PERVs can no longer replicate itself and infect people,” says Luo. |
New York Times |
New Gene–Therapy Treatments Will Carry Whopping Price Tags
New York Times The first gene therapy treatment in the United States was approved recently by the Food and Drug Administration, heralding a new era in medicine that is coming faster than most realize — and that perhaps few can afford. The treatment, Kymriah, made by … A new cancer drug may be the first in a line of revolutionary treatmentsChicago Tribune |
OncLive |
Nivolumab/Ipilimumab Improves Survival Versus Sunitinib in mRCC
OncLive In those with PD-L1 expression ≥1%, the Median PFS was significantly longer with the immunotherapy combination than with sunitinib (22.9 vs 5.9 months; HR, 0.48; P = .0003). Those with PD-L1 expression <1% did not benefit from the combination (HR, … Nivolumab cuts relapse by one third compared to IpilimumabEuropean Pharmaceutical Review Combination targeted adjuvant therapy doubles relapse-free survival in stage III melanomaMedical Xpress |