Regulatory protein boosts CAR T-cell cancer treatment
Changing the expression of a specific protein can significantly improve the performance of immune-cell-based cancer therapies, according to two separate studies published in Nature...
by Yan Lau
Changing the expression of a specific protein can significantly improve the performance of immune-cell-based cancer therapies, according to two separate studies published in Nature...
A clinical trial for a CRISPR-based therapy for high-cholesterol has been suspended after a participant developed unforeseen side effects...
A genetically engineered pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a human recipient for the first time...
A genome editing technique that allows researchers to test thousands of different mutations that might affect how cancer cells behave has been developed...
Genome editing has been used to successfully correct genetic defects in a mouse model of a fatal hereditary disease...
by Dr Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin and 1 others
Dr Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin and Dr Alexis Heng Boon Chin give an ethical analysis of germline genome editing to prevent genetic diseases based on Islamic legal maxims (Qawaid Fiqhiyyah)...
Throughout 2024, PET will be celebrating the 25th birthday of BioNews. BioNews launched as a weekly digital publication in March 1999, and today we are publishing our 1225th edition...
A single dose of a CRISPR-based gene therapy could cure inflammation in people affected by a rare condition that causes life-threatening swelling attacks, according to a new clinical trial...
by Olivia Goff
A rhesus monkey has been successfully cloned and has become the first of its kind to reach adulthood, Chinese scientists have revealed...
by Yan Lau
A genome-edited pig liver effectively filtered blood in a brain-dead man for three days, showcasing a potential temporary solution for acute liver failure...
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