CRISPR will save lives – and technology can’t come soon eough – The Age
The Age |
CRISPR will save lives – and technology can’t come soon eough
The Age The potential applications of CRISPR are enormous. It’s the closest we’ve ever come to a cure for cancer. We’ve already been able to cure HIV infection in animal models, and even in human cell cultures. Incurable genetic diseases, like Duchenne’s … |
Science Daily |
Fragile X syndrome neurons restored using CRISPR/Cas9-guided activation strategy
Science Daily Fragile X syndrome is caused by mutations in the FMR1 gene on the X chromosome, which prevent the gene’s expression. This absence of the FMR1-encoded protein during brain development has been shown to cause the overexcitability in neurons associated … |
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Personalized stem cell treatment may offer relief for multiple sclerosis
Science Daily Key immune cells involved in causing this damage are macrophages (literally ‘big eaters’), which ordinarily serve to attack and rid the body of unwanted intruders. A particular type of macrophage known as microglia are found throughout the brain and … |
Daily Mail |
‘It’s really weird to think I’m a cancer survivor.’ Emily told Daily Mail Online.
Daily Mail A month later she went back to Texas for scans and it revealed she was in complete remission. ‘They actually think the cancer was probably gone within days of receiving the T cells,’ she told Daily Mail Online. Doctors are calling her cure a miracle … Mother-of-3 receives new immunotherapy cancer treatmentInfosurhoy |