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CRISPR Shows Promise for Enhancing Gene Therapy – Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine

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2018-04-24 NEWS

CRISPR Shows Promise for Enhancing Gene Therapy
Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new method that could help increase the long-term effectiveness of gene therapy. Gene therapy, a procedure that inserts genes into a patient’s cells, has shown promise

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Mammary stem cells challenge costly bovine disease
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Mastitis is the most expensive disease in the dairy industry. Each clinical case can cost a dairy farmer more than $400 and damages both the cow’s future output as well as her comfort. Bovine mastitis is typically treated with antibiotics, but with the

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Immunotherapy’s Role in TNBC May Be in Combination
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Soliman adds that ongoing work is combining immunotherapy with other biologics. The subsets of TNBC that are very susceptible to DNA-damaging agents may also respond to immunotherapy. Additionally, PARP inhibitors may be combined with other sensitizing