Genetic Engineering News
Team develops tools to edit DNA
July 18, 2011 | 
Author MIT and Harvard researchers say they can edit the genetic code of a living cell, allowing them to give cells new functions such as building proteins not found in nature, or engineering bacteria that are resistant to any viral infection. read more
Published Jul 18, 2011.
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Exact Sciences’ Colon Cancer Screening Trial
MADISON, Wisc. (TheStreet) — Exact Sciences is enrolling patients in a large late-stage study of its colon cancer-screening test Cologuard to support a planned U.S. approval filing, the company announced Tuesday. Cologuard is designed to detect altered genetic material in cells that are shed from the lining of the colon into stool from pre-cancerous and cancerous lesions. The Exact Sciences …
Published Jul 12, 2011.
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International Committee: meeting on facilitated access for researchers to genetic resources
At a workshop of the Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Science (CFRS) last Friday in Berne, Switzerland, it was asserted that researchers need access to plants and other genetic resources for non-commercial research.
Published May 30, 2011.
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