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Researchers find new way to target blood stem cell cancers – Medical Xpress

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Researchers find new way to target blood stem cell cancers
Medical Xpress
“Our findings not only identify a new molecule expressed on stem cells that drive these human malignancies, but we show that antibodies against this target can directly kill human AML stem cells,” says corresponding study author, Christopher Y. Park

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January 25, 2017 | ‘Passengers’ not “out-of-this-world”
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Things head south when Preston wakes up from suspended animation about 30 years into the 120-year journey and cannot go back into hibernation. Alone, aside from a robotic bartender, Preston contemplates suicide. Refusing to die alone, he awakens …

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CRISPR, EXZACT technologies boost gene-editing efficiency in plants from 1% to 90%
Genetic Literacy Project
The perfect seed doesn’t exist—but can it? Breeders have tried without success for decades to perfectly combine yield, disease tolerance and weather hardiness to hit the Holy Grail. Now scientists say gene editing could be the key to success. “This