Scientists just got a step closer to treating incurable diseases using a revolutionary gene-editing tool – Business Insider
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Scientists just got a step closer to treating incurable diseases using a revolutionary gene-editing tool
Business Insider Researchers using the genetic-editing technology CRISPR have successfully modified the DNA in cells from Huntington’s disease patients. The feat shows it might be possible to to use CRISPR to treat Huntington’s, which is currently incurable and fatal … |
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Stem Cell Therapy Improved Duchenne MD Patients’ Heart Disease, Study Shows
Muscular Dystrophy News This potential surfaced in the Phase 1/2 HOPE-Duchenne clinical trial (NCT02485938), which involved a single-dose delivery of the cells directly into patients’ hearts. Researchers reported that CAP-1002 improved Duchenne MD patients’ skeletal-muscle … |
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Blue Sky Science: How can we use stem cells to build tissues and organs?
Auburn Citizen By potency, we mean a cell’s ability to give rise to specialized cells. Some stem cells are more potent than others, but at the very top of the hierarchy are the so-called “pluripotent” stem cells, which can give rise to everything. Self-renewal, on … |