Swiss lab develops genetic tool kit to turn any cell into a tumor killer – Ars Technica
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Swiss lab develops genetic tool kit to turn any cell into a tumor killer
Ars Technica We’ve made some impressive advances toward inducing the immune system to attack cancers. One of these techniques, using CAR–T cells, is amazing. CAR–T cells are made by inserting receptors that recognize cancerous cells into a leukemia patient’s own … |
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What We’re Reading: Gene Therapy Guidelines; Opioid Overdose Costs; Unaware of Open Enrollment
AJMC.com Managed Markets Network The FDA issued new guidelines to speed up the review process for gene therapies; a new report calculates the potential societal benefits of eliminating the opioid epidemic; and one-third of Americans are unaware that the ACA’s open enrollment season … |
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Type 1 diabetes: Could modified blood stem cells lead to a cure?
Medical News Today Researchers led by those at Harvard Medical School’s Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts found that they could reverse hyperglycemia in diabetic mice by modifying their defective blood stem cells to increase production of a protein called PD-L1. |