CRISPR and Genome Editing – News and Features
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Cloned Human Embryos Successfully Reprogrammed Using Human Eggs
Study by Advanced Cell Technology and collaborators questions ability of human-animal hybrids to generate stem cells.
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Neurologix Commences its Phase II Clinical Trial of Gene Transfer Approach for Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
The first trial participants have undergone surgery at multiple institutions and additional subjects are currently being enrolled.
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Gene Marker May Improve Odds of Stem Cell Therapies for Disease
A single tumor-suppressor gene may provide a unique marker for senescence in MSCs in vitro, while also playing a role in moving MSCs into senescence.
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GeneWorks Forms Commercial Alliance with Horizon Discovery
GeneWorks to offer translational genomics capabilities to researchers in Australia and New Zealand.
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Technique for Creating Authentic Rat Embryonic Stem Cells
The technique licensed exclusively by Stem Cell Sciences, is expected to allow the generation of rat ES cells to create genetically modified animals.
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Embryonic Stem Cells from Rats Derived
The breakthrough finding will enable scientists to create more effective animal models for the study of a range of human diseases.
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Biologists Learn Structure, Mechanism of Powerful 'Molecular Motor' in Virus
Researchers have discovered the atomic structure of a powerful "molecular motor" that packages DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their assembly.
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nanoTherics Wins R&D Grant from Advantage West Midlands to Further Augment Gene Transfection Product Portfolio
The grant will enable the Company to progress development of additional novel gene transfection technologies to augment its product portfolio.
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Mouse Studies Show Gene Therapy Method Holds Promise in Targeting Tumor Blood Vessels for Destruction
Researchers develop a method for delivering a therapeutic gene to the blood vessels of tumors in mice that damages the blood vessels and disrupts the blood flow to tumors.
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Sloan Foundation Supports Hastings Center Work on Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology
The Hastings Center has received a $500,000 grant to spend two years delving into the ethical issues surrounding synthetic biology.
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