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CAR-T cell therapy could drive a ‘revolution’ in cancer treatments – Genetic Literacy Project

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2018-02-28 NEWS

Genetic Literacy Project

CART cell therapy could drive a ‘revolution’ in cancer treatments
Genetic Literacy Project
[T]he United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made the landmark decision to approve two ‘drugs’ that use CART cell therapy – the injection of engineered immune cells into patients – to treat blood cancers. First, in August 2017 it approved

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Immuno-Oncology News

Kite and Sagamo Are Partnering on Cell-engineered Treatments for Cancer
Immuno-Oncology News
While this kind of immunotherapy can treat only one kind of cancer, the partners hope to develop specific treatments for several types. The therapies modify either a patient’s own cells or cells that others donate. The companies hope the donated

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2018-02-28 NEWS

The Ohio State University News

Newly discovered CRISPR mechanism may help prevent dangerous errors
The Ohio State University News
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Even as CRISPR gene-editing technology is offering insights into genetic diseases, researchers are discovering new things about how it actually works. In the first of two papers just published in the Journal of the American Chemical
Could A More Precise CRISPR/Cas9 System Treat Huntington’s Disease?Labiotech.eu (blog)
Charpentier/Doudna Patent Covering CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Regulation ApplicationsBusiness Wire (press release)

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How A Bank Of All The World’s Genetic Codes Hopes To Save Nature
Fast Company
Without their cooperation in putting the biological data into the registry, it will be difficult for the project to move forward successfully. “We’ll probably have to create a consortium such that they’re acting in the public interests appropriate to

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2018-02-28 NEWS

FierceBiotech

Inscripta bags $55M+ to push forward full CRISPR suite
FierceBiotech
Inscripta bags $55M+ to push forward full CRISPR suite. by Amirah Al Idrus |. Feb 28, 2018 6:00am. CRISPR. Inscripta’s goal is to enable more players, be they startups or major companies, to enter the CRISPR space. (Stephen Dixon). ShareFacebook
Gene-editing startup Inscripta raises $55.5 millionBusiness Insider
Boulder’s Inscripta raises $55.5MBoulder Daily Camera

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