CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna struggles with the ethical implications of what she has wrought – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times |
CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna struggles with the ethical implications of what she has wrought
Los Angeles Times Those two sides of CRISPR are the subject of Doudna’s new book “A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution.” Co-written with her former student Samuel H. Sternberg and published last month, “A Crack in Creation” … CRISPR Structure Data Reveal How Cas Enzymes Choose TargetGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News This Week in ScienceGenomeWeb |
MedCity News |
Can the immunotherapy movement march into glioblastomas?
MedCity News On Wednesday, Mayo Clinic released a statement revealing that longstanding Republican Senator John McCain has an aggressive form of brain cancer. Called glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), it’s responsible for around 15 percent of the 79,000 brain cancers … |
NBC New York |
Cancer Patients’ Gray Hair Mysteriously Turns Youthfully Dark on New Immunotherapy Drugs
NBC New York This undated combination of photos provided by the Journal of the American Medical Association in July 2017 shows a cancer patient with gray hair that unexpectedly turned dark while taking new immunotherapy drugs. Fourteen such cases were among 52 … Cancer patients’ grey hair unexpectedly darkens in drug studyThe Guardian |
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Stem Cell Transplants Work for Many Myeloma Patients Who Fail to Respond to First-line Therapies, Study Finds
Myeloma Research News Stem cell transplants derived from patients’ own bone marrow are a safe and effective treatment for those with multiple myeloma who fail to respond to first-line treatments, a study reports. Scientists call transplants using patients’ own cells … Race, ethnicity impact use of autologous stem cell transplantation for multiple myelomaHealio |
ModernMedicine |
How will immunotherapy change the future of bladder Ca care?
ModernMedicine Urology Times reached out to three urologists (selected randomly and asked them each the following question: How will immunotherapy change the future of bladder Ca care? Dr. Dickstein“It’s an exciting time in bladder cancer because for many years we’ve … |
The Guardian |
Cancer patients’ grey hair unexpectedly darkens in drug study
The Guardian Chemotherapy is known to make patients’ hair fall out, but the 14 people involved were all being treated with new immunotherapy drugs that work differently and have different side effects from chemotherapy. A Spanish study suggests those may include … |