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Allergan (AGN) and Editas Tie Up to Treat Eye Diseases
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The agreement includes early stage, first-in-class ocular programs targeting serious diseases based on Editas Medicine’s CRISPR genome editing platform, including CRISPR/Cas9 and CRISPR/Cpf1. CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short …
Allergan and Editas Medicine Enter into Strategic R&D Alliance to Discover and Develop CRISPR Genome Editing …GlobeNewswire (press release)
Editas, Allergan Ink $90M CRISPR-Based Eye Drug DealGenomeWeb
Allergan and Editas announce $90M CRISPR dealMedCity News
Labiotech.eu (blog) –Pharmaceutical Executive (press release) (registration) (blog)
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Allergan (AGN) and Editas Tie Up to Treat Eye Diseases
Yahoo Finance
The agreement includes early stage, first-in-class ocular programs targeting serious diseases based on Editas Medicine’s CRISPR genome editing platform, including CRISPR/Cas9 and CRISPR/Cpf1. CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short …
Allergan and Editas announce $90M CRISPR dealMedCity News
Allergan and Editas Medicine Enter into Strategic R&D Alliance to Discover and Develop CRISPR Genome Editing …GlobeNewswire (press release)
Editas, Allergan Ink $90M CRISPR-Based Eye Drug DealGenomeWeb
Labiotech.eu (blog)
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Doctors say Florida stem cell clinic left 3 women blind
CBS News
Scientists have long studied the use of stem cells, including those taken from a patient’s own body, for treating vision problems and a variety of other diseases. But they and regulators have also issued warnings about clinics that offer unproven stem …
Botched stem cell treatment blinds threeThe San Diego Union-Tribune
Experimental stem cell treatment stabilizes macular degenerationCNN
3 cases of blindness raise questions about stem cell clinicsSan Francisco Chronicle
ABC News –Science Magazine –STAT –The New England Journal of Medicine
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Stem–Cell Clinic’s Treatments Left Three Patients Blind, Doctors Say
Wall Street Journal (subscription)
Three patients who underwent what they believed were stem–cell treatments for macular degeneration lost their vision as a result of the procedures at a Florida clinic, according to doctors who treated the patients afterward. The cases underscore the …

Doctors say unproven stem cell treatment blinded 3 women
WALB-TV
NEW YORK (AP) – Three women were left nearly or totally blind by a vision treatment at a stem cell clinic, in what doctors call a dramatic illustration of how risky such clinics can be. The clinic’s method hasn’t been proven effective or tested for …

3 Women Blinded By Unproven Stem Cell Treatments
NPR
Scientists have long hoped that stem cells might have the power to treat diseases. But it’s always been clear that they could be dangerous too, especially if they’re not used carefully. Now a pair of papers published Wednesday in the New England …
Patients Lose Sight After Stem Cells Are Injected Into Their EyesNew York Times
Three women with eye disease blinded by unproven stem cell treatmentThe Guardian
Three People Are Nearly Blind After Getting a Stem Cell TreatmentTIME
CNN –STAT
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3 Women Blinded By Unproven Stem Cell Treatments
NPR
Scientists have long hoped that stem cells might have the power to treat diseases. But it’s always been clear that they could be dangerous too, especially if they’re not used carefully. Now a pair of papers published Wednesday in the New England …
Three People Are Nearly Blind After Getting a Stem Cell TreatmentTIME
Patients Lose Sight After Stem Cells Are Injected Into Their EyesNew York Times
One stem cell treatment stabilizes macular degeneration, another blinds 3 patientsCNN
Washington Post –San Francisco Chronicle –STAT –New England Journal of Medicine
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Women blinded after botched clinical trial with ‘off-the-charts dangerous’ stem cell treatment
Mirror.co.uk
Three women have been blinded after receiving an unproven “off-the-charts dangerous” stem cell treatment in a botched clinical trial. Within a week of undergoing the therapy at a US clinic the patients suffered complications including vision loss …
Doctors say unproven stem cell treatment blinded 3 womenEast Grand Forks Exponent

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