CRISPR and Genome Editing – News and Features

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Novartis Scientists Discover Activators of PGC-1a Transcription
Novartis uses OriGene’s cDNA clone array to generate data for target discovery.

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Jumping Gene Could Provide non-Viral Alternative for Gene Therapy
Researchers found the piggyBac transposon was five to 10 times better than the other circular pieces of DNA.

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Advanced Cell Technology Reports Visual Function Rescue in Animals Utilizing Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Cells
Transplanted cells shown capable of rescuing photoreceptor cells in RCS rats with retinal disease.

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Statewide Poll Shows Significant Majority of Georgians Support Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Therapeutic Cloning
The poll shows Georgians overwhelmingly oppose reproductive cloning.

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Method of Gene Therapy Alters Immune Cells for Treatment of Advanced Melanoma
Technique may also apply to other common cancers.

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Lentigen and Dharmacon Collaborate to Develop Custom Lentiviral Reagents for RNAi Research
The goal of the collaboration is to develop and manufacture lentiviral expression reagents to deliver short hairpin RNA expression vectors into cells using RNAi mediated gene silencing.

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HFEA Gives Permission to Recruit Human Egg Donors for Stem Cell Research Using Egg Sharing System
The research team would contribute to the cost of a patient's IVF treatment in return for the donation of some of her eggs.

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Aviva Launches ChIP-GLAS Service for the Simultaneous Detection of 20,000 Human Promoters from a Single Sample
Due to strong customer demand, Aviva Systems Biology announced the launch of a custom service for their ChIP-GLAS system.

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Human Embryonic Stem Cells Display a Pattern of Chemical Modification to DNA
Study suggests additional hurdles to therapeutic cloning may lie ahead.

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Discovery in 'Bubble Boy' Disease Gene Therapy
Researchers determine why gene therapy treatment caused leukemia in some severe immune deficiency patients.
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