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Intrexon to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences – Markets Insider

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2017-08-31 NEWS

Intrexon to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
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… delivering unprecedented control, quality, function, and performance of living cells. We call our synthetic biology approach Better DNA®, and we invite you to discover more at www.dna.com or follow us on Twitter at @Intrexon, on Facebook, and LinkedIn.
With Shares Trading up at $19.73 (XON) Intrexon to Participate in Upcoming…First News 24

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2017-08-31 NEWS

Intrexon to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
Markets Insider
… delivering unprecedented control, quality, function, and performance of living cells. We call our synthetic biology approach Better DNA®, and we invite you to discover more at www.dna.com or follow us on Twitter at @Intrexon, on Facebook, and LinkedIn.
(XON) With Shares Trading up at $19.73 Intrexon to Participate in Upcoming…Modern Readers

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First gene therapy to treat deadly cancer approved in US
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The patient’s T-cells are collected and sent to a manufacturing centre where they are genetically modified to include a new gene that contains a specific protein (a chimeric antigen receptor or CAR) that directs the T-cells to target and kill leukaemia

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KING5.com

Investors are betting on a cancer cure with these stocks
CNBC
CAR-T cell therapy is a form of immunotherapy, a rapidly developing cancer treatment that uses patients’ own immune cells to attack tumors. In contrast, the typical, less efficient method of treating cancer uses combinations of surgery, chemotherapy
FDA approves the first immunotherapy drug for childhood leukemiaKING5.com
FDA approval brings first gene therapy to the United StatesFDA.gov
Landmark FDA approval clears the way for gene therapy treatments that fight cancerGeekWire
PR Newswire (press release) –Telegraph.co.uk –Reuters
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FierceBiotech

News of Note—Gene therapy to protect the heart; boosting chemo with cardio drugs; reversing memory loss
FierceBiotech
Scientists at the University of California at Los Angeles and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute reported that they successfully used gene therapy to lower cholesterol in mouse models of familial hypercholesterolemia. The gene they used, called LeXis

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2017-08-31 NEWS

WXIA-TV

US clears breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemia
WXIA-TV
CAR-T treatment uses gene therapy techniques not to fix disease-causing genes but to turbocharge T cells, immune system soldiers that cancer too often can evade. Researchers filter those cells from a patient’s blood, reprogram them to harbor a

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US clears breakthrough gene therapy for childhood leukemia
WFAA
CAR-T treatment uses gene therapy techniques not to fix disease-causing genes but to turbocharge T cells, immune system soldiers that cancer too often can evade. Researchers filter those cells from a patient’s blood, reprogram them to harbor a

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2017-08-31 NEWS

National Review

Ethical Stem Cells Relieve Parkinson’s in Monkeys
National Review
First, this study validates George W. Bush’s prediction, when he placed mild limitations on federal embryonic stem cell funding, that scientists would be able to find ethical means of furthering regenerative medicine without using embryos. Second
Human Stem Cells Fight Parkinson’s Disease in MonkeysScientific American
Parkinson’s: Stem cells restore nerve function in monkeysMedical News Today
Scientists are ready to treat Parkinson’s with stem cells — QuartzQuartz
Telegraph.co.uk –Nature.com –The Independent
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