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Vitamin C effective in targeting cancer stem cells – Science Daily

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2017-03-08 NEWS

Vitamin C effective in targeting cancer stem cells
Science Daily
Dr Michael P. Lisanti, Professor of Translational Medicine at the University of Salford, said: “We have been looking at how to target cancer stem cells with a range of natural substances including silibinin (milk thistle) and CAPE, a honey-bee

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KCUR

Kansas Stem Cell Center Close To First Clinical Trial
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Buddhadeb Dawn, right, executive director of the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center, talks with Rep. Les Osterman, far left, and David Prentice, center, of Charlotte Lozier Institute. Dawn provided an update on the center’s research Tuesday in Topeka.

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2017-03-08 NEWS

Good Fruit Grower

CRISPR and the mutant moths — Video
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Kelly Archer, right, brings freshly laid codling moth eggs to Laura Willett, left, so Willett can inject a solution as part of a gene editing experiment at the USDA ARS lab in Wapato, Washington, in February. The cell walls surrounding the eggs become

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2017-03-08 NEWS

MIT Technology Review

This Lab-in-a-Box Could Make Gene Therapy Affordable
MIT Technology Review
Jennifer Adair carried out her first gene therapy experiment several years ago. A cancer treatment, it involved collecting blood from a patient, and then adding to these cells a new strand of DNA—a gene—that would protect them from a powerful

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