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FFAR, Alliance for Science expand gene editing communications
2021-09-14 18:15:00| National Hog Farmer
Biotechnology can improve harvests and animal welfare, while also reducing agricultures impact on the environment.
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Open Source Joins Efforts to Create Gene Therapies for Rare Diseases
2021-04-26 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Some 400 million patients worldwide are affected by more than 7,000 rare diseases; yet treatments for rare genetic diseases remain an underserved area. The father of a boy born with a rare disease created the RareCamp project, and the OpenTreatments Foundation, to enable patients to create gene therapies for rare genetic diseases; then work with their doctors and nonprofits to develop drugs.
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Animal gene editing turf war battle continues
2021-03-09 10:00:00| National Hog Farmer
USDA reopens comment period on animal biotechnology as new administration comes in and evaluates previous comments made.
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'Surrogate sires' made fertile through gene editing
2020-09-15 15:31:00| National Hog Farmer
Researchers used CRISPR-Cas9 to produce mice, pigs, goats and cattle that lacked a gene called NANOS2 which is specific to male fertility.
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Gene Mutation Impacts Melanoma Malignancy
2020-06-29 14:19:20| Happi Breaking News
According to a new study by Fox Chase researchers.
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