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Indian biotech firm develops world’s first, indigenous Bi-Specific 3rd generation CAR T cells for cancer treatmentThis therapy targets multiple tumor-specific antigens, offering improved treatment precision for blood cancer patients, and significantly r...
Eyestem files for IND approval for its product to treat geographic atrophyEyestem Research has announced the submission of IND application to CDSCO to start first in-human trials of Eyecyte-RPE™for subjects.
UK’s first baby born with genes from three persons in new IVF method; Details hereMitochondrial donation treatment (MDT), a technique utilized in this process, involves using tissue from healthy female donors' eggs to gen...
India may have to battle a 'tsunami' of chronic diseases like cancer due to globalisation, predicts US oncologistIndia will have to utilise the tech boom to safeguard her citizens from health scares, suggests experts.
New study shows how blood cancer can progress, from chronic to aggressive, in someFor a small percentage, the slower-paced disease can transform into aggressive cancer.
WHO experts seek limits on human gene-editing experimentsThe guidelines proposed by the committee were prompted by the case of He Jiankui, a scientist in China who stunned the world in November 20...
- Researchers edit gene to reduce blood cholesterol levels
New York, April 28 (IANS) Using the cutting-edge CRISPR/Cas9 genetic engineering technique, researchers, including one of Indian-origin, ha...
- CRISPR gene tool can cause unintended flaws in genome
New York, May 30 (IANS) The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology can introduce hundreds of unintended mutations into the genome, warns a new...
New gene therapy technique can stop the spread of malignant cancer cellsThe therapy could be used alongside chemotherapy to treat early-stage breast cancer tumours before they spread.
China to perform world's first human genetic editing trialCRISPR, short for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, was named "2015 Breakthrough of the Year" by the US journal Sc...
New gene editing technique may treat inherited blindnessRetinitis pigmentosa is a class of diseases in which patients experience night blindness in the early stages, along with atrophy and pigmen...
Gene editing tool treats muscular dystrophy in adult mammalResearchers from Duke University in US used CRISPR to treat an adult mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Insulin-producing cells that may treat diabetes createdThese unique cells are responsible in producing, storing and secreting insulin - the hormone that regulates levels of glucose in the blood.
Scientists think they've found way to make 'biggest biotech discovery of the century' saferChinese scientists made headlines when they used a gene-editing technique to modify the genomes of human embryos for the first time.
Protein that boosts immunity to viruses and cancer foundResearchers from Imperial College London and colleagues in experiments in mice and human cells found that the protein promotes the prolifer...
Scientists genetically 'edit' human blood stem cellsHarvard researchers used a gene-editing technique to create an effective method for blocking HIV from invading & destroying patients' immun...
Genetic cause of common breast tumours in women identifiedScientists have uncovered the molecular basis of fibroadenoma, one of the most common benign breast tumours diagnosed in women of reproduct...
Indian-origin doctor performs life-saving heart surgery on US actor Ernie LivelyDr Patel uses a minimally invasive technique where he goes backwards through a patient's main cardiac vein, or coronary sinus, and inserts ...
- Corporate India bets big on stem cell
The day may not be too far when India may become a global hub for cure to deadly diseases such as cancer, neurology and cardiac problems. B...
- Indian team was close to Nobel in medicine
An Indian researcher at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad believes that he and members of his former group ...