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Back to the future: breast cancer reprises pathways found in fetal cells: Scientists identify genetic characteristics of fetal stem cells that may lead to breast cancer later in life

Using just a microscope, Italian surgeon Francesco Durante was struck by the similarities between cells in the most malignant cancers

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T cell engineering breakthrough sidesteps need for viruses in gene-editing: With faster, cheaper, more precise technique, authors say it’s ‘off to the races’ toward new cell therapies

In an achievement that has significant implications for research, medicine, and industry, UC San Francisco scientists have genetically reprogrammed the

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Engineered cancer cells can fight primary and metastatic cancer: CRISPR-enhanced, reverse-engineered cancer cells with a ‘kill switch’ can home in on and destroy tumors

What if cancer cells could be re-engineered to turn against their own kind? A new study led by researchers at

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