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CRISPR finds drug synergy – Nature.com

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2017-03-22 NEWS

CRISPR finds drug synergy
Nature.com
Certain combinations of drugs might kill drug-resistant tumours, and a method based on the CRISPR–Cas9 gene-editing system offers a way to find them. Tumours often become resistant to individual drugs, leading clinicians to use combinations of

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2017-03-22 NEWS

BASF Licenses CRISPR/Cas9 From Broad Institute for Ag-Bio, Industrial Microbe Applications
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – BASF announced it has reached a non-exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement with the Broad Institute for CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in ag-bio and industrial applications. “We are eager to see the new ways it will augment …

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2017-03-22 NEWS

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Dr. Slovin on the Role of Immunotherapy for Prostate Cancer
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The FDA approval of sipuleucel-T (Provenge) represented the first successful immunotherapy for a solid tumor that showed a survival benefit. All approaches that have been done subsequently are attempting to look at other ways of using the body’s immune …

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Life Science Leader Magazine

Cross-Lab Data Collaborations – The Future Of Immunotherapy?
Life Science Leader Magazine
In the field of immunotherapy, a handful of Big Pharma companies have been racing to achieve first or second line approval of their own checkpoint inhibitors in a small set of indications, including nonsmall cell lung cancer and bladder cancer