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‘Trojan horse’ artificial enzyme smuggles unnatural reactions into cells – Chemistry World

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2018-06-02 NEWS

‘Trojan horse’ artificial enzyme smuggles unnatural reactions into cells
Chemistry World
One of the tools scientists use to expand the scope of enzymes is synthetic biology, relying on combining pre-existing cellular components. But just as you are limited in what you can build using a set of Lego blocks, synthetic biology is similarly

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2018-06-02 NEWS

Wall Street Journal

Reading Roundup: Robots, Hiring Time, CRISPR Wars, More
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CRISPR Wars. UC Berkeley’s Jennifer Doudna has chalked up another award for her discovery of the revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool—and a big one at that. The Kavli Prize in nanoscience is worth $1 million and will be shared among the three …
Science Prizes Add Intrigue to the Race for the NobelWall Street Journal

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2018-06-02 NEWS

The FDA Has Just Put The Brakes on a Major CRISPR Trial in Humans
ScienceAlert
You’ve heard it before: CRISPR has the potential to change our lives for the better. But first, we have to give it a chance. In December, gene-editing company CRISPR Therapeutics announced a partnership with biotech company Vertex to develop CTX001, …

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MSR News Online

CRISPR: life-changing, world-changing science that will revolutionize medicine
MSR News Online
Dr. Crutchfield, my nephew said there may be a new treatment called CRISPR for hundreds of diseases. What in the world is CRISPR? CRISPR is science and medicine’s potential secret weapon for treating and preventing inherited diseases like sickle cell …

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2018-06-02 NEWS

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Revolutionary Stem Cell Therapy To Fix Broken Human Hearts Approved In Japan
IFLScience
As reported by Nature News, scientists in Japan now have official permission to treat people with heart disease with stem cells. Led by cardiac surgeons at Osaka University, they’ll be used to regenerate damaged muscle, also a common feature post-heart …