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A global chocolate crisis looms, but scientists believe they can genetically engineer a fix – Quartz

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A global chocolate crisis looms, but scientists believe they can genetically engineer a fix
Quartz
But scientists say that climate in these regions shift dramatically by 2050 towards hotter, drier conditions not suitable for cocoa farming due, in part, to the diseases those changes would usher in, including “witches’ broom” and “frosty pod rot
CRISPR put to work to save chocolate from devastationUC Berkeley
Chocolate is Going Extinct, But Scientists Have a Wild Plan to Save itInverse
Could gene-editing save chocolate from extinction? Mars reveals its plan to create GM treats using cacao seeds that …Daily Mail
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Mid-Day Market Update: SCANA Climbs Following Merger With Dominion Energy; Crispr Therapeutics Shares Slide
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… 9 percent to $12.14 after the company reported the termination of its merger deal with China’s Ant Financial, due to the CFIUS rejected the companies proposals related to protecting personal data. Shares of Atara Biotherapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ATRA

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Spark Therapeutics Prices First-Ever Gene Therapy At $850,000 …
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Spark and GlaxoSmithKline are pricing the world’s first approved gene therapies at prices approaching $1 million.

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Inovio Amends Chinese Deal for Immunotherapy, Shares Up
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Shares of Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. INO ) have gained about 13.32%, after the company announced that it has entered into an amended agreement with Chinese partner – ApolloBio Corporation. Per the amended agreement, ApolloBio will have the exclusive
Inovio grabs $23M through HPV immunotherapy licensing deal with China’s ApolloBioFiercePharma
Inovio Enters License and Collaboration Agreement with ApolloBio To Develop and Commercialize VGX-3100 in …Markets Insider
Could Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (INO) Rise Even More? The Stock Had Another Big Increase TodayFrisco Fastball
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Aivita Launches Phase 2 Trial of Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy for Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian Cancer News Today
Aivita Biomedical has initiated a Phase 2 trial of a new kind of dendritic cell immunotherapy for certain types of ovarian cancer. The therapy uses a patient’s own dendritic cells, which are boosted to fight the tumor by exposure to tumor proteins. The

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IDbyDNA, Locus Biosciences Partner on CDx for CRISPR …
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The next-generation sequencing test will be used to select patients for a clinical trial of Locus’ Pseudomonas aeruginosa antimicrobial product.
Locus Biosciences and IDbyDNA Partner to Develop Companion …PR Newswire (press release)

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