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Researchers use gene editing to eliminate HIV infection in mice – CBS News

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2017-05-03 NEWS

CBS News

Researchers use gene editing to eliminate HIV infection in mice
CBS News
Have researchers taken a step closer to developing an eventual cure for HIV? A Temple University-led team hopes so, by using a gene editing technique to successfully remove HIV infection from lab mice. The gene-editing tool called CRISPR — which
CRISPR Eliminates HIV in Live AnimalsGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
CRISPR Cures HIV in Live AnimalsTechnology Networks
Temple uses gene-editing to eliminate HIV infection in micePhilly.com
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2017-05-03 NEWS

GSK partners with Bluebird to commercialise gene therapies
Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review (subscription)
GSK and biotech company Bluebird Bio have entered into a licence agreement centring on Bluebird’s lentiviral vector platform. Lentiviral vectors are used as tools for gene delivery in mammalian cells. As part of the agreement, GSK will be given a …

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2017-05-03 NEWS

Slate Magazine

How the U.S. Military’s Synthetic Biology Initiatives Could Change the Entire Research Field
Slate Magazine
In recent years, however, the military—mostly under the umbrella of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—has created a new suite of programs that take a very different approach to harnessing the power of nature: synthetic biology. Among

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2017-05-03 NEWS

The Sun

Bradley Lowery ‘feeling better’ as he undergoes T-Cell treatment trial in London
The Sun
BRAVE Bradley Lowery is “feeling better” as he undergoes immunotherapy treatment a week after being in “horrendous pain”. The ill tot, who is battling neuroblastoma, was forced to cancel his appearance as Sunderland’s mascot last week amid fears his …

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