A team at the Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine has reached a major milestone in understanding a rare and severe form of genetic encephalopathy associated with the DHDDS gene. By developing the first mouse ...
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Researchers from City of Hope have developed a new "plug-and-play" technology that adds engineered molecules to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells after treatment, allowing scientists to better control the cells and ...
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