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USPTO rejects new reexamination request against Celyad’s US Patent for Production of Allogeneic TCR-Deficient CAR … – GlobeNewswire (press release)

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2017-03-16 NEWS

USPTO rejects new reexamination request against Celyad’s US Patent for Production of Allogeneic TCR-Deficient CAR …
GlobeNewswire (press release)
“This is the fourth time that our US Patent for Production of Allogeneic TCR-Deficient CAR–T cells is challenged and each time, the USPTO has been favorable to Celyad. This patent is key for the players that are developing in the US allogeneic CAR–T …

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2017-03-16 NEWS

MIT Technology Review

CRISPR May Speed Pig-to-Human Transplants
MIT Technology Review
The plan, says the company, is to use the gene-editing method known as CRISPR to introduce extensive DNA modifications into pigs as a way of humanizing their organs so they won’t get rejected if transferred into a person. (The back of the T-shirt reads …

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2017-03-16 NEWS

Business Insider

A startup cofounded by a 30-year-old just got $38 million to revolutionize the way we transplant organs
Business Insider
Egenesis, a startup that’s using the gene-editing tool CRISPR to make pig organs viable for transplants into people, just raised $38 million. The company, which launched back in 2015 and is co-founded by Harvard geneticist George Church and 30-year old …

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