Arlene Weintraub
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Rejuvenate Bio’s gene therapy shows promise at reversing aging—in mice
Harvard synthetic biology pioneer George Church generated some buzz last year when he co-founded Rejuvenate Bio with the goal of ...
Obesity and diabetes cure? CRISPR might be used to ‘silence’ key gene found in unhealthy fat
The gene FABP4 is highly active in adipose tissue and known to be a major contributor to obesity and related ...
New version of CRISPR touted as ‘word processor’ with search and replace function
For all the excitement the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 has kicked up, there has been just as much concern about unwanted ...
Exorbitant costs of gene therapy raise payment concerns for patients and government
[Editor's note: Executives from several companies developing gene therapies gathered for a panel discussion at the recent Forbes Healthcare Summit, ...
Craig Venter’s goal is to sequence 100 million genomes
[Craig] Venter’s goal is to sequence at least one million genomes, something that seems likely to take the better part of ...
