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Base Editing Strategy Alleviates Huntington’s Disease in Mice
Credit: AnnaStills/ iStock/ Getty Images Plus According to at least one estimate, approximately 41,000 people in the United States have…
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Landmark Phase III Trial Finds Cell Therapy Slows Muscle Decline in Advanced DMD
Cell therapy [wildpixel / iStock / Getty Images Plus] Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked genetic disease that causes…
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Celonic and Leukocare Collaborate to Support Complex Biologics and Advanced Drug Development
Credit: Jackyenjoyphotography / Moment / Getty Images Celonic, a Swiss-based biologics CDMO, and Leukocare, which provides drug product development services,…
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FDA adcomm shoots down Capricor’s Duchenne cell therapy after meeting marked by statistical dispute
A panel of experts today voted against Capricor’s cell therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, capping off an advisory committee meeting…
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In vivo CRISPR base editing for treatment of Huntington’s disease
Shirguppe, S., Gapinske, M., Swami, D. et al. In vivo CRISPR base editing for treatment of Huntington’s disease. Nat. Biomed.…
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Comment on: ‘Modelled impact of a multi-cancer early detection screening programme on cancer treatment in England
Zhang, R., Wei, Z. Comment on: ‘Modelled impact of a multi-cancer early detection screening programme on cancer treatment in England’.…
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Taufer Leads NSF-Funded $9 Million Team to Accelerate AI-Driven Discovery
A project led by Michela Taufer, a MathWorks Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has received a $9 million…
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Massey researchers uncover pathway that could transform glioblastoma treatment options
Newly published work in Neuro-Oncology spotlights a molecular vulnerability in glioblastoma (GBM), the most aggressive primary brain tumor. The study,…
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New antimicrobials may help combat deadly drug-resistant infections
Researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Manchester report a strategy to engineer next-generation antifungals that are both…
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AI Tool Acts Like a Molecular Shrink Ray, Redesigns Proteins Reliably
Duke University School of Medicine researchers have unveiled Raygun, an artificial intelligence framework that can redesign proteins at a scale…