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Stem cells could boost this Maryland baby’s heart and chance for a normal life – Baltimore Sun

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2018-03-09 NEWS

Baltimore Sun

Stem cells could boost this Maryland baby’s heart and chance for a normal life
Baltimore Sun
Dr. Sunjay Kaushal, director of pediatric and adult congenital surgery at the University of Maryland and one of the nation’s foremost surgeons for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, said Autumn’s general health beyond the condition and her supportive

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CRISPR Creates a Malaria-Resistant Mosquito
Technology Networks
“Our study shows that we can use this new CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology to render mosquitoes malaria-resistant by removing a so-called host factor gene,” says study senior author George Dimopoulos, PhD, professor in the Bloomberg School’s

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2018-03-09 NEWS

Technology Networks

CRISPR Creates a Malaria-Resistant Mosquito
Technology Networks
“Our study shows that we can use this new CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology to render mosquitoes malaria-resistant by removing a so-called host factor gene,” says study senior author George Dimopoulos, PhD, professor in the Bloomberg School’s

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2018-03-09 NEWS

New Atlas

Malaria-resistant mosquitoes engineered using CRISPR
New Atlas
Swatting at mosquitoes is a great start, but if we really want to cut down on the hundreds of millions of malaria cases they cause every year, we’re going to need some more effective weapons. Now, researchers from Johns Hopkins have used the CRISPR
CRISPR Use Creates Malaria-Resistant MosquitoesGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
CRISPR Creates a Malaria-Resistant MosquitoTechnology Networks
Malaria-resistant mosquitoes engineered using CRISPR – BrinkwireBrinkwire (press release)

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2018-03-09 NEWS

WBEZ

I Have A Rare Genetic Disease. CRISPR Might Fix It.
WBEZ
But CRISPR technology is actually something that’s existed in the world for a long time — it’s a kind of adaptive immune system that bacteria use to defend themselves against viruses. What’s super new is scientists have figured out how to co-opt that