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Youthful Brain Stem Cells Linked to Autism and Brain Cancer

Youthful Brain Stem Cells Linked to Autism and Brain Cancer

By Neuroscience News - Researchers have identified a unique stem cell in the young brain capable of maturing into multiple cell types, potentially explaining the origins of autism and glioblastoma. These stem cells show gene expression patterns that regulate early...

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The compassionate team behind CAR T cancer breakthroughs

The compassionate team behind CAR T cancer breakthroughs

By: Nicole Sweeney Etter - Penn Medicine News - For more than a decade, Penn Medicine clinical research nurse Joanne Shea, MS, BSN, RN, has had a front-row seat to the groundbreaking research underway in the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies. As Abramson Cancer...

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Correcting Genetic Spelling Errors With Next-Generation Crispr

Correcting Genetic Spelling Errors With Next-Generation Crispr

By Francis Collins for Wired - Treatments for rare diseases are hard to create and expensive to deliver, but there is new hope for editing the software of the genome. Sam Berns was my friend. With the wisdom of a sage, he inspired me and many others about how to make...

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