Christiana Care announces potential gene-editing breakthroughdelawarebusinessnow.comIn the study, Kmiec and his colleagues – lead author Brett Sansbury and co-author Amanda Wagne – describe developing a “cell-free” CRISPR tool that can modify genes con… Continue reading
Stanford Medical Center ReportCRISPR used to genetically edit coralStanford Medical Center ReportCoral reefs on the precipice of collapse may get a conservation boost from the gene-editing tool known as CRISPR, according to researchers at the Stanford … Continue reading
Forbes |
Science Begins To Look To Gene-Editing Tools Like CRISPR To Save Coral Reefs
Forbes Coral reefs have been devastated in recent decades by “bleaching” events caused by overheating oceans and other factors that kill off populations of coral. This week we learned that perhaps half of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has died. But some … How Gene Editing Could Save Coral ReefsTIME Dying Great Barrier Reef Forces Scientists to Genetically Engineer …Inverse A Third Of The Great Barrier Reef Is Gone—Can Gene Editing Help Preserve The Rest?Newsweek Cosmos –The Atlantic –Nature.com –Nature all 93 news articles » |
Medical Xpress |
Vitamin A derivative selectively kills liver cancer stem cells
Medical Xpress We found one specific group of EpCAM-positive cancer stem cells, where MYCN was elevated. We wondered if perhaps the key to acyclic retinoid’s effect was its ability to target these hepatic cancer stem cells.” Indeed, experiments revealed that when … |
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CAR–T ups challenges in pharma supply chain
BioPharma Dive The life of a T cell isn’t glamorous. Its job is to protect the body from illness, meaning frequent battles with foreign bacteria or viruses. Cancer is another foe, but a cache of tools allows tumor cells to hide from and weaken the immune system. With … |
BBC News |
New £60m Stevenage gene therapy centre opened
BBC News A new £60m gene and cell manufacturing centre which could help advance the treatment of paralysis, blindness and Alzheimer’s disease has opened. The government-funded centre in Stevenage aims to promote gene and cell therapy, which uses parts of a … |