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Gene Editing Regulations: A position paper from the European Federation of Biotechnology

On 25th July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the regulatory framework for genetic engineering should be extended to recently developed methods of gene editing. The European Federation of Biotechnology regrets this ruling because it ignores scientific arguments that the interpretations of the technologies are scientifically inaccurate. Read more on […]

Engineered natural killer cells may be the next great cancer immunotherapy

The cancer fighters known as CAR T cells have proved their prowess in recent years. Three therapies using the altered T cells against lymphoma or leukemia have won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval, and hundreds of trials are now unleashing them on other malignancies, including solid tumors. Read more in sciencemag.org