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Biodesign: Scientists team with artists to use synthetic biology in making everyday items – Genetic Literacy Project

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2017-02-08 NEWS

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Biodesign: Scientists team with artists to use synthetic biology in making everyday items
Genetic Literacy Project
Synthetic biology is a rapidly growing market, expected to reach $13.4 billion by 2019. Often called…biodesign, the field is increasingly relevant to designers. Put simply, biodesign is the intersection between biology and design: It’s a growing

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Update on 2 Gene Therapy Trials for Rare Eye Diseases
Rare Disease Report
The company also announced it has completed dosing of the second cohort of its Phase 1/2 gene therapy trial in patients with Leber’s congential amaurosis. The purpose of this study is to determine if subretinal administroin of the AVV gene therapy is safe.
MeiraGTx Provides Clinical Trial Updates for Achromatopsia and Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis Ocular Gene TherapyPR Newswire (press release)

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Eli and Edythe Broad add $1 million donation to further stem cell research
USC News
Among the groundbreaking discoveries of stem cell researchers is a cure for infants born without a functional immune system — an inherited condition called Adenosine Deaminase Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, or “Bubble Baby Disease.”.
UCLA Scientists Coax Stem Cells Into Becoming SomitesI4U News

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Eli and Edythe Broad add $1 million donation to further stem cell research
USC News
Among the groundbreaking discoveries of stem cell researchers is a cure for infants born without a functional immune system — an inherited condition called Adenosine Deaminase Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, or “Bubble Baby Disease.”.

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Scientists develop new stem cell technique for bone repair
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8 (UPI) — Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea, or UNIST, have developed a method of repairing bone using a mix of stem cells and a carbon material with photocatalytic properties. Prior studies have used …
Stem Cell Technique Shows Promise for Bone RepairR & D Magazine
South Korean researchers from UNIST develop new technique for bone repair with 3D printed cells3D Printing Industry

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Epinomics to Collaborate with the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Stanford University to Bring
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Researchers from Epinomics will collaborate with the research team led by Crystal Mackall, MD, director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Stanford, to utilize biomarkers defined by Epinomics’ immune intelligence framework to improve …

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Mars’s frozen pole, Sweden’s climate plan and a stemcell trial in Japan
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Stemcell trial Japan is resuming pioneering clinical research using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. A team led by Masayo Takahashi at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe will make suspensions of iPS cells derived from retinal