ALS Research ForumTo Evaluate Stem Cell Therapies, Think Unilaterally?ALS Research ForumNow, a research team at Cedar Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California reports that an emerging outcome measure, which involves monitoring muscle strength, m… Continue reading
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Grape-based compounds kill colon cancer stem cells in mice
Medical Xpress “We are particularly interested in targeting stem cells because, according to cancer stem–cell theory, cancerous tumors are driven by cancer stem cells,” said Vanamala. “Cancer stem cells are capable of self-renewal, cellular differentiation and … |
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Firefly Gene Illuminates Ability of Optimized CRISPR-Cpf1 to Efficiently Edit Human Genome
Newswise (press release) Professor Michael Farzan, co-chair of TSRI’s Department of Immunology and Microbiology, and TSRI Research Associate Guocai Zhong improved the efficiency of the CRISPR-Cpf1 gene editing system by incorporating guide RNAs with “multiplexing” … |
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Scientists find new biomarker to guide cancer immunotherapy
Reuters The current widely used benchmark when giving cancer immunotherapy is a protein called PDL-1. However, many experts view PDL-1 as a “blunt instrument”, since it does not match precisely to drug response, leading to the consideration of other measures, … Lung cancer cure – deaths could be reduced following THIS treatment breakthroughExpress.co.uk |