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Cancer Researchers Worry about Potential Downsides of Immunotherapy – Scientific American

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2017-04-04 NEWS

Cancer Researchers Worry about Potential Downsides of Immunotherapy
Scientific American
For doctors at the University of California, San Diego, it was seemingly a no-lose proposition: A 73-year-old patient’s bladder cancer was slowly progressing but he was generally stable and strong. He seemed like the ideal candidate for an

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2017-04-04 NEWS

The Ecologist

‘New Breeding Techniques’ and synthetic biology – genetic engineering by another name
The Ecologist
Advocates claim that synthetic biology and the so-called New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) are distinct from genetic engineering (GE), write Helena Paul, Elisabeth Bücking & Ricarda Steinbrecher. In fact synthetic biology and NBTs carry similar risks to …

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2017-04-04 NEWS

Synthego Announces CRISPR Research Winners
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Based on the quality of applications received, the original goal of awarding five winners was extended to include three additional grant recipients, each receiving $20,000 worth of synthetic sgRNA for CRISPR genome editing, according to the company.
Synthego Announces Winners of the $100000 Synthetic CRISPR sgRNA Grant for Increased Precision in CRISPRYahoo Finance

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2017-04-04 NEWS

loss of sight after stem cell treatment appalling | Letters
Sun Sentinel
It pained me deeply, in fact I cried, reading Sunday’s Sun Sentinel article about the women who became blind from the stem cell “treatments.” How venal, how amoral and corrupt can people be? How irresponsible and uncompassionate and uncaring can …