Month-end Check: Biotech study topics in Nature-October

Gene-editing record smashed in pigs For a long time, scientists are working to create a steady supply of human organs for transplantation by growing them in pigs. But concerns about rejection by the human immune system and infection by viruses embedded in the pig genome have stymied research. In a current research, by modifying more than 60 genes in pig embryos-ten times than have been edited in other animal. Researchers…

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Month-end Check: Biotech study topics in Nature-August

Caution urged over editing DNA in wildlife (intentionally or not) A work describing the use of a gene-editing technique to insert a mutation into fruit files that would be passed on to almost all of its offspring has brought the concern about bioengineering in to a more fierce debate. A lot of scientists feel uneasy about this study: what if the engineered creature escaped from the lab? The mutation might…

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Month-end Check: Biotech study topics in Nature-July (Part One)

At the end of this month, I’d like to make a summary about the biotechnology studies published in Nature, aiming to provide a clear view of the monthly studies’ topics. And the studies were listed chronologically. Moncef Slaoui This is a review. Based on an event that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) surprised the industry with its decision to trade its oncology business for Novartis’ vaccine business last year. This article mainly discussed…

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