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Jennifer Doudna, Feng Zhang Awarded NHGRI Grants for CRISPR-Based Research – GenomeWeb

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2017-08-22 NEWS

Jennifer Doudna, Feng Zhang Awarded NHGRI Grants for CRISPR-Based Research
GenomeWeb
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Jennifer Doudna and Feng Zhang have received separate grants from the National Human Genome Research Institute for CRISPR technology-based projects they both say have the potential to advance the tool’s usefulness for …

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2017-08-22 NEWS

New report proposes framework to identify vulnerabilities posed by synthetic biology
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WASHINGTON – Given the possible security vulnerabilities related to developments in synthetic biology – a field that uses technologies to modify or create organisms or biological components – a new report by the National Academies of Sciences, …

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2017-08-22 NEWS

Licensed To Kill: Engineering Enzymes to Counter Antibiotic Resistance
DVIDS (press release)
An effort funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical and Biological Technologies Department and led by William Bentley, Ph.D., from the University of Maryland (UMD), is utilizing synthetic biology to engineer a probiotic to fight