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Novartis and the Gates Foundation aim to create a more practical gene therapy for sickle cell patients around the world

17.02.2021

Novartis and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are joining forces to discover and develop a gene therapy to cure sickle cell disease with a one-step, one-time treatment that is …

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In the Lab

Studying Neanderthal mini-brains, scientists unlock clues to modern human evolution 

11.02.2021

Hoping to learn what sets our brains apart from those of the Neanderthals, scientists have inserted a gene from our extinct cousins into human brain organoids — miniature versions of …

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Coronavirus / Health

‘What other variants might be out there?’ An expert on viral evolution on what’s happening with coronavirus mutations

08.02.2021

“Variants” is the latest term to leap from the infectious disease lexicon to the general public as a result of the coronavirus, as the effects of mutations on transmission and …

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Coronavirus

Listen: 23andMe is going public, vaccine data abound, and Merck’s CEO is retiring

05.02.2021

Is consumer DNA testing a good business? Are Covid-19 vaccines interchangeable? And how do you IQ-test an artificial intelligence? We discuss all that and more this week on “The Readout …

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Health Tech

23andMe to go public via Richard Branson’s SPAC

04.02.2021

The genetics testing company 23andMe will enter the public markets via a special purpose acquisition corporation sponsored by Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, a deal that values the company at …

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Coronavirus

Listen: JPM21: Déjà vu in Alzheimer’s research, debatable valuations in biotech, and OWS’s legacy

15.01.2021

Is Alzheimer’s research stuck in a rut? Can genome editing live up to the hype? And how will we remember Operation Warp Speed? We discuss all that and more this …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Mother Nature is not ‘the ultimate bioterrorist’

08.01.2021

Despite the menacing track record of emerging pathogens, “Mother Nature is the world’s worst bioterrorist,” a long-overused catchphrase of scientists and public health professionals, is in urgent need of retirement. …

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Biotech / In the Lab

CRISPR cures progeria in mice, raising hope for one-time therapy for a disease that causes rapid aging

06.01.2021

Biologists tend not to discuss experimental results on a handful of cells and a single solitary mouse — too preliminary, too sketchy. David Liu of the Broad Institute therefore had …

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Biotech / Health

FDA approves genetically altering pigs, to potentially make food, drugs, and transplants safer

14.12.2020

Genetically engineering pigs so they lack a certain sugar on the surface of their cells that triggers meat allergies or organ rejection won approval from the Food and Drug Administration …

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