Tag: biotechnology
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Anti-Inflammatory Human Protein Produced in Plants
Researchers in Canada genetically engineered tobacco plants to economically produce large quantities of a human protein with anti-inflammatory properties.
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Trials Underway Testing Crispr for Blood Disorders
Clinical trials testing the genome editing technique Crispr for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia, two inherited blood disorders, enrolled and infused their first patients.
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Gene Editing Deactivates Cause of T-Cell Side Effects
A biotechnology company developing engineered T-cells as treatments for cancer, used gene editing to deactivate a likely cause of serious adverse effects from its therapies.
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Gene Therapy Company Acquired in $4.3B Deal
Spark Therapeutics, a biotechnology company that pioneered gene therapies, is being acquired by drug maker Roche Group in a deal valued at $4.3 billion.
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Start-Up Raises $10.5M for Precision Immunotherapies
A new biotechnology enterprise developing personalized treatments that harness the immune system to treat cancer is raising $10.5 million in its first venture funding round.
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Targeted Chemo Seen Benefiting Breast Cancer Patients
A clinical trial shows a treatment combining an antibody and chemotherapy drug invokes a response and longer survival time in many patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.
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Trial Shows RNA Therapy Safe for Diabetes
Results from a clinical trial show a new drug with synthetic messenger RNA is safe for people with diabetes, and has the potential to promote new blood vessel growth.
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High-Speed Screens, A.I., Boost Nanoscale Medicines
Biomedical engineers are using high-throughput screening techniques and machine learning to speed and improve the design of new drugs based on nanoscale particles.
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Stem Cell Genes Edited to Avoid Immune Rejection
A new study shows editing the genomes of adult stem cells can avoid their rejection by the immune system when implanted in lab mice other than the stem cell donor.
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Genetic Engineering, Silencing Boost Plant Output
An agricultural research lab uses genetic engineering and gene silencing to produce crop plants that increase their yields by more than 40 percent.