Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
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Synthetic biology pioneers discuss next-gen gene synthesis
The following is an edited excerpt. Synthetic biology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, with innovations ranging from ...
Gene therapy’s breakout moment
This could be gene therapy's breakout moment: speculative venture capital investors are realizing the potential of gene therapy and are ...
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act under scrutiny
In early February, a team of scientists demonstrated that they could use public databases to link genetic data to its ...
Video: What we’ve learned from the Human Genome Project
Genetic Engineering NewsFeatured Video: What We've Learned from the Human Genome ProjectGenetic Engineering NewsHost Hank Green is a jack of ...
Transgenic salmon prove tough to tackle
The following is an excerpt. On January 9, the Clatsop County, Oregon Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution asking ...
Epigenetics: promising field delivers
Epigenetics: Promising Field DeliversGenetic Engineering NewsThe fascination with epigenetics stems not only from the profound impact that it has exerted ...
Glybera: The story of gene therapy
Glybera (alipogene tiparvovec) made history on November 2 when the European Union approved its marketing application, making the gene therapy the first to ...
Animal models get closer to mimicking humans: Could help with treatment of diseases
Animal models contribute significantly to our understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying disease pathologies. However, few models predictably translate preclinical findings ...
Fear mongering about DNA-modified apples hurts farmers, consumers, says GM supporter
Most people are familiar with the unappetizing browning of apples shortly after they’re cut or bitten into. The good news ...
Stem cell-modifying antibodies could be used for regenerative therapies
Stem cell therapeutics firm Medistem and Superview Biotechnology signed a collaboration centered on the use of Medistem’s stem cell lines ...
NIH funds gene therapy using ultrasound
NIH awarded researchers at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) a $1.7 million grant over four years to progress development of a ...
New genetic risk factors for diabetes discovered
Two large-scale gene association projects have identified a large number of new loci that influence glycemic traits such as blood ...
Synthetic biology expands beyond bacteria
Synthetic biology is getting a boost. So far, most researchers have designed their synthetic circuits using transcription factors found in ...
Organ printing from stem cells
Tissue engineering is bringing together advances from stem cell biology, microfluidics, robotics, and 3-D cell culture to develop novel products ...
Update on gene therapy
Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) published proof-of-principle results showing a role for telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) ...
Big promises backed by bad theory: Synthetic biology
Synthetic biology is the newest purported cure-all technology for remedying our social, environmental, and public health ills. As many prominent ...
