News Articles – Gene-Ethics (Asia) Pte Ltd http://gene-ethics-asia.com Mon, 23 Sep 2024 03:59:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.2 First US success of nonhuman primate gene editing http://gene-ethics-asia.com/first-us-success-of-nonhuman-primate-gene-editing/ Wed, 03 May 2017 03:27:37 +0000 http://gene-ethics-asia.com/?p=530 Scientists have shown that gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9 technology can be quite effective in rhesus monkey embryos — the first time this has been demonstrated in the US. 

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]]> The Breakdown in Biomedical Research http://gene-ethics-asia.com/the-breakdown-in-biomedical-research/ Tue, 11 Apr 2017 06:56:06 +0000 http://gene-ethics-asia.com/?p=526 Contaminated samples, faulty studies and inadequate training have created a crisis in laboratories and industry, slowing the quest for new treatments and cures

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]]> Wooing local talent to work at ‘weird science’ http://gene-ethics-asia.com/wooing-local-talent-to-work-at-weird-science/ Mon, 18 Jul 2016 03:49:27 +0000 http://gene-ethics-asia.com/?p=483 Singapore needs more of them to commit to study cutting-edge tech to make a difference

The computer screen lights up with blotches of green and red, cialis generic formless shapes moving here and there.

I am watching these dancing images, ignorant and clueless, next to a man who knows exactly what is taking place.

I see meaningless colours; he sees body cells responding to an injury.

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]]> Excitement at new cancer treatment http://gene-ethics-asia.com/excitement-at-new-cancer-treatment/ Wed, 17 Feb 2016 02:17:27 +0000 http://gene-ethics-asia.com/?p=410 Excitement at new cancer treatment – A therapy that retrains the body’s immune system to fight cancer has provoked excitement after more than 90% of terminally ill patients reportedly went into remission.

]]> Oncogene controls stem cells in early embryonic development http://gene-ethics-asia.com/oncogene-controls-stem-cells-in-early-embryonic-development/ Wed, 17 Feb 2016 02:16:06 +0000 http://gene-ethics-asia.com/?p=408 Oncogene controls stem cells in early embryonic development

]]> The ‘exercise hormone’ really DOES exist: Irisin ‘triggers weight loss and could pave the way for obesity drug’ http://gene-ethics-asia.com/the-exercise-hormone-really-does-exist-irisin-triggers-weight-loss-and-could-pave-the-way-for-obesity-drug/ Thu, 14 Jan 2016 06:38:49 +0000 http://gene-ethics-asia.com/?p=389 The ‘exercise hormone’ really DOES exist: Irisin ‘triggers weight loss and could pave the way for obesity drug’
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]]> Gene editing treats disease in mice http://gene-ethics-asia.com/gene-editing-treats-disease-in-mice/ Tue, 05 Jan 2016 07:26:04 +0000 http://gene-ethics-asia.com/?p=369 _87437395_dna_sample

Researchers in the US have used gene editing to treat mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

]]> ‘Suicide’ gene therapy kills prostate cancer cells http://gene-ethics-asia.com/suicide-gene-therapy-kills-prostate-cancer-cells/ Tue, 05 Jan 2016 07:24:11 +0000 http://gene-ethics-asia.com/?p=366 _87158052_c0231793-prostate_cancer_cell, </h1 srcset=

A new gene therapy technique is able to modify prostate cancer cells so that a patient’s body attacks and kills them, US scientists have discovered.

]]> Test unravels history of infection http://gene-ethics-asia.com/test-unravels-history-of-infection/ Fri, 05 Jun 2015 04:18:32 +0000 http://gene-ethics-asia.com/?p=349 US researchers claim to have developed a single test that is able to identify past exposure to every known human virus infection using a drop of blood.

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