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Patient dies in Kite drug trial – Chemical & Engineering News

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2017-05-15 NEWS

Patient dies in Kite drug trial
Chemical & Engineering News
In clinical trials, CAR-T therapies can almost magically melt tumors away. But putting live, supercharged cells into the body is a new frontier. In the case of the Kite drug, a lymphoma treatment called KTE-C19, the patient’s new T cells released an

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2017-05-15 NEWS

Hamilton Spectator

Ontario sets aside $32 million to combat dangerously long waits for stem cell transplants
Hamilton Spectator
Laura Hillier’s legacy lives on as the province has pledged $32 million in new funding this year to shorten dangerously-long wait lists for stem cell transplants. The money set aside in the 2017 budget means 150 more Ontarians a year will receive the …

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2017-05-15 NEWS

生物通

如何利用CRISPR/Cpf1系统实现多重基因编辑
生物通
生物通报道 CRISPR基因组编辑领域可谓日新月异,每月都有新成果涌现。不久前,CRISPR技术先驱张锋(Feng Zhang)领导的团队发表文章,介绍了如何使用Cpf1来进行多重的基因组编辑。与常用的Cas9相比,Cpf1将多重编辑大大

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2017-05-15 NEWS

生物通

如何利用CRISPR/Cpf1系统实现多重基因编辑
生物通
生物通报道 CRISPR基因组编辑领域可谓日新月异,每月都有新成果涌现。不久前,CRISPR技术先驱张锋(Feng Zhang)领导的团队发表文章,介绍了如何使用Cpf1来进行多重的基因组编辑。与常用的Cas9相比,Cpf1将多重编辑大大

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2017-05-14 NEWS

Wired.co.uk

CRISPR kills HIV and eats Zika ‘like Pac-man’. Its next target? Cancer
Wired.co.uk
Last week, a group of biologists published research detailing how they hid an anti-HIV CRISPR system inside another type of virus capable of sneaking past a host’s immune system. What’s more, the virus replicated and snipped HIV from infected cells