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This Lab-in-a-Box Could Make Gene Therapy Less Elitist – MIT … – MIT Technology Review

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This Lab-in-a-Box Could Make Gene Therapy Less Elitist – MIT …
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Genetic repairs are curing patients—but only at a few elite centers.

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2017-03-08 NEWS

New CRISPR Dual-Guide RNA Library Design Tool Powers Functional Studies of lncRNAs
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A new software tool from researcher Rory Johnson of the University of Bern is helping scientists uncover the genome-wide function of long non-coding RNAs. It’s a web-accessible tool to design CRISPR/Cas9-based deletion …

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Vitamin C effective in targeting cancer stem cells
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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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Vitamin C effective in targeting cancer stem cells
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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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2017-03-08 NEWS

Genetic Literacy Project

Quest for a cure: Gene therapy offers hope for children with rare form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Genetic Literacy Project
Jocelyn Duff calls her daughter Talia’s trisomy 21 “the first big surprise,” discovered at birth on November 9, 2005. “We thought our world had turned upside down, but quickly we fell head-over-heels in love with her. Never did we imagine that just ten