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Gene editing and ‘playing God:’ How far should we go? – CNET

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Gene editing and ‘playing God:’ How far should we go?
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“Playing God,” a new CBSN Originals documentary that airs Wednesday night, explores both the potential and possible pitfalls of CRISPR, a gene-editing technology developed in 2012. It’s an exciting breakthrough that could revolutionize how we grow

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CAR T-cell therapy approved for B-cell lymphomas may save ‘thousands of lives’ in next few years
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The agency on Oct. 18 approved axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta; Kite, Gilead), a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma who underwent two or more lines of systemic therapy.
Revolutionary new cancer therapies come with big risks. Drug makers must be preparedSTAT
Cellectis gets FDA go-ahead to restart fatal CART trialpharmaphorum

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Will tiny OncoSec break out with promising melanoma immunotherapy study results?
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he addition of an experimental immunotherapy from OncoSec Medical (ONCS 1) to Merck’s (MRK 2) checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda is shrinking tumors in almost half of the skin cancer patients treated in a small clinical trial, according to updated results …
OncoSec Announces Positive Updated Long-Term Follow-Up Data from Phase 2 Trial of ImmunoPulse® IL-12 in …Markets Insider

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Amgen makes regenerative medicine play, backing $25M Fortuna round to move neural stem cells into the clinic
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Amgen’s VC wing has invested in Fortuna Fix to help move autologous neural stem cells into the clinic. The $25 million series B sets regenerative medicine startup Fortuna up to move candidates against Parkinson’s disease and spinal cord injury into the …

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NPL and Imperial College London Launch a New Virtual Lab to Establish the UK Centre for Engineering Biology
PR Newswire UK (press release)
The virtual lab is a new collaboration between institutes undertaking world-leading research in biological measurements, which positions UK as a global leader in the industrialisation of synthetic biology: NPL, LGC, the UK’s National Measurement

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