Genetic Engineering
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Cancer Breakthrough 20 Years in the Making
Posted by Weizmann Science Writer on September 12, 2011
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Last month, Penn Medicine put out a press release heralding a “cancer treatment breakthrough 20 years in the making.” In a small clinical trial, three patients with advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) were treated with genetically engineered versions of their own T cells. Just a few weeks after treatment the tumors had disappeared, and the…
Strawberry Genes and Budding Math Geniuses
Posted by Weizmann Science Writer on December 29, 2010 This week, two press releases from the Institute: The first was on the sequencing of the woodland strawberry genome (unfortunately, in the same week the cacao genome was sequenced). The Institute scientists who participated in the project contributed in the computational analysis of genes encoding flavor- and aroma-related proteins. This wild cousin of the cultivated…