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Jan 17, 2020

Revocation of Broad Institute CRISPR Patent Upheld in Europe

The European Patent Office appeals board upheld the decision made by the EPO after its initial review in 2018.

Jan 16, 2020

Nature Papers Include Analysis of Rapeseed Genome, Target Enrichment Method for Metagenomics

In Nature this week: genomic analysis of rapeseed, universal target enrichment method for metagenomic sequencing, and more.

Jan 14, 2020

And Prize

Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier are being awarded Israel's Wolf Prize in medicine for their CRISPR work, the Associated Press reports.

Jan 14, 2020

Rutgers Licenses Base Editing Tech to Horizon Discovery

Horizon also said it will provide access to the technology to business partners for the development of more effective multi-gene knockout cell therapy programs.

Jan 13, 2020

ERS Genomics Licenses CRISPR-Cas9 IP to Daiichi Sankyo

Daiichi Sankyo plans to use the ERS IP to support its own R&D initiatives to address areas of unmet medical need, the company said.

Jan 13, 2020

Horizon Discovery, Mammoth Biosciences Sign Second CRISPR Tools Development Agreement

In December, the companies agreed to develop CRISPR tools with the aim of generating new engineered cell lines for the biopharmaceutical industry.

Jan 07, 2020

Editing Ethics

Dalhousie University's Françoise Baylis discusses He Jiankui and the ethics of heritable human genome editing research in a Boston Globe op-ed.

Jan 07, 2020

Genome Editors Begin Lining Up for Inscripta's Onyx Platform

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Researchers in academia and industry are showing interest in the scale offered by Inscripta's Onyx platform for genome editing, launched in October.

Jan 07, 2020

ERS Genomics Licenses CRISPR-Cas9 Tools, Reagents to New England Biolabs

NEB plans to expand its product lines into new areas of research including genome editing, the companies said.

Dec 30, 2019

Jail Sentence Imposed

A Chinese court has sentenced He Jiankui and two others to three years in jail for editing the genomes of infants as embryos.

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The Scan

For Scientific Talent

Following its departure from the European Union, the UK is to implement a fast-track visa program aimed at attracting scientific talent to Britain, according to BBC News.

Agency Pick Worries Brazilian Researchers

ScienceInsider reports that researchers in Brazil are concerned that a creationist was chosen to run the agency that oversees graduate study programs there.

Speedy Work

The Washington Post reports that researchers are quickly analyzing the coronavirus that has been causing illness and sharing their findings.

PLOS Papers Include Greenlander BMI GWAS, Metabolic MicroRNA Marker Search, More

In PLOS this week: common variant associated with BMI in Arctic populations, analysis of microRNA markers associated with being born small for gestational age, and more. 

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