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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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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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 – 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

The ‘exercise hormone’ really DOES exist: Irisin ‘triggers weight loss and could pave the way for obesity drug’
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Researchers in the US have used gene editing to treat mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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.

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.

Stem Cell Research

Astrocytes are the most abundant cell type in the central nervous system (CNS) and they provide a variety of vital functions for the CNS including: establishment and regulation of the blood brain barrier, functional support for neuronal transmission, survival of neurons, anti-inflammatory responses and wound repair.

Astrocytes also play a central role in the progression of neurological disease and have been implicated in various pathological processes such as reactive gliosis.

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