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CRISPR goes wild, and scientists debate its fidelity – Spectrum

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2017-07-05 NEWS

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CRISPR goes wild, and scientists debate its fidelity
Spectrum
The gene-editing tool CRISPR may cause thousands of unintended mutations, but critics say it’s way too soon to accuse it of infidelity. A two-page study, published 30 May in Nature Methods, put biology’s hottest technique in the crosshairs, questioning

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2017-07-05 NEWS

Embryonic stem cells to be available for medical use in Japan by next March
The Japan Times
KYOTO – Embryonic stem cells for regenerative medicine will become available to medical institutions by the March 2018 end of fiscal 2017, Hirofumi Suemori, associate professor at Kyoto University’s Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, has

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2017-07-05 NEWS

Drug Target Review

Extra funding for nanomaterials for cancer immunotherapy research
Drug Target Review
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has agreed to fund the Mainz-based Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1066 “Nanodimensional Polymer Therapeutics for Tumour Therapy” involved in the development of nanomaterials for cancer …

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2017-07-05 NEWS

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Un nuevo bisturí molecular actúa como un GPS para mejorar la edición genética
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… han descubierto cómo funcionan unas tijeras moleculares que desenrollan y cortan el ADN llamadas Cpf1. Se trata de una nueva herramienta CRISPR Cas de edición genética, capaz de actuar como un GPS para encontrar su destino dentro del intrincado …

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2017-07-05 NEWS

PanamaOn

Un nuevo bisturí molecular actúa como un GPS para mejorar la edición genética
PanamaOn
… han descubierto cómo funcionan unas tijeras moleculares que desenrollan y cortan el ADN llamadas Cpf1. Se trata de una nueva herramienta CRISPR Cas de edición genética, capaz de actuar como un GPS para encontrar su destino dentro del intrincado …