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Two Babies Have Been Cancer-Free After Receiving Treatment Created With Gene Editing – ScienceAlert

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2017-07-28 NEWS

Two Babies Have Been Cancer-Free After Receiving Treatment Created With Gene Editing
ScienceAlert
In a CAR T cell therapy, specialised immune cells (T cells) are taken from a patient’s blood and given special surface receptors called CARs. Once ready, the CAR T cells are infused back into a patient’s blood, where they can attach to tumours and

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2017-07-28 NEWS

WXYZ

Doctors call cancer immunotherapy treatment ground breaking, incredible news
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DETROIT (WXYZ) – A cutting edge cancer therapy is saving lives and giving patients a tremendous amount of hope. It’s a living drug that is curing a severe form of leukemia. Some metro Detroit doctors are calling this new drug ground breaking and

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2017-07-28 NEWS

Auburn University Researchers Working on Gene Therapy to Cure Two Genetic Diseases Fatal to Children
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Two Auburn researchers are making a breakthrough in finding a cure for two genetic diseases. The diseases: Tay-Sachs and gangliosidosis, or known as GM1, are fatal in children and currently there’s no cure. These researchers are using their gene

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2017-07-28 NEWS

VentureBeat

We can now design humans — but should we?
VentureBeat
But supporters of synthetic biology talk up huge potential long-term benefits. We could, they claim, potentially edit genes and build new ones to eradicate all hereditary diseases. With genetic alterations, we might be able to withstand anthrax attacks

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2017-07-28 NEWS

WLTZ 38 NBC

Auburn University Researchers Working on Gene Therapy to Cure Two Genetic Diseases Fatal to Children
WLTZ 38 NBC
Two Auburn researchers are making a breakthrough in finding a cure for two genetic diseases. The diseases: Tay-Sachs and gangliosidosis, or known as GM1, are fatal in children and currently there’s no cure. These researchers are using their gene