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Optimizing AAV Gene Delivery: Hitting the Target Safely and Effectively
The great hope for gene therapy is that one day it will be out of the clinic and into mainstream…
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AGBT Celebrates Its Silver Anniversary
The Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting is celebrating its 25th anniversary this February. Its reputation is twofold:…
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AI-Enabled Gene Editing Produces Fewer Off-Target Outcomes
Artificial intelligence (AI) is known for enabling deeper insights into drug development, identifying patterns and molecules that may otherwise go…
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Cancer Immunotherapy: From Nineteenth-Century Beginnings to Modern Breakthroughs
Immuno-oncology seeks to harness the body’s immune system to identify and destroy cancer cells. Although often considered a modern medical…
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Microbioreactors Small and Smart, Power More with Less
As new targeted biologic modalities ramp up for commercialization, manufacturing methods must keep pace. If new efficacious therapeutics cannot be…
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History May Not Be Repeating but It Is Certainly Rhyming
Trofim Lysenko, the mid-20th century anti-Mendel scientist and Stalin favorite, is poised for a comeback. Millions of Soviet citizens died…
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Measuring Intact (Full-length, Capped, Tailed) mRNA in a Single Assay: 5′CapQ
In the years after the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that mRNA as a modality for vaccines and therapeutics…
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High-Throughput Genomic Sample Preparation
The Biomek Echo One System provides integrated acoustic liquid handling options for applications in genomic workflows, including high-throughput isothermal DNA…
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StockWatch: Whirlwind Week for Nvidia as Investors Weigh DeepSeek’s Impact
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang’s meeting with President Donald Trump on Friday capped a whirlwind week for the increasingly…
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Making Strides Toward Off-the-Shelf CAR T Cell Therapy for Cancer
CAR T cell therapy is one of the most promising new cancer treatments to emerge in recent years. CAR T…