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Tome Biosciences, a US company engaged in gene editing, will lay off 131 employees as it plans to reduce costs, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act filing with the Massachusetts government.
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US-based Tome Biosciences to retrench 131 employees 

Tome Biosciences, a US company engaged in gene editing, will lay off 131 employees as it plans to reduce costs, according to a.

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The USFDA has approved two treatments for sickle cell disease, one of them the first in the US based on gene-editing technology.
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US drug regulator approves two treatments for sickle cell disease 

HQ Team December 8, 2023: The USFDA has approved two treatments for sickle cell disease, one of them the first in the US.

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The University of Cambridge announced a partnership with AstraZeneca and the Medical Research Council to set up a functional genomics laboratory at the Milner Therapeutics Institute
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Cambridge Univ, AstraZeneca, MRC to set up genomics laboratory

HQ Team November 29, 2023: The University of Cambridge announced a partnership with AstraZeneca and the Medical Research Council to set up a functional genomics laboratory.

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The receptor of Oxytocin, a hormone considered essential to forming social bonds, may not play the role that scientists have assigned it for the past 30 years, according to US scientists.
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Gene therapy cure for sickle cell awaits advisory approval

HQ Team October 28, 2023: Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are set to review a gene therapy for sickle cell.

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Biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins have developed a machine-learning model, which can turn on genes —an innovation which in future can fight cancer and diabetes.
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Biomedical engineers create ML model to turn genes on and off

HQ Team August 14, 2023: Biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins have developed a machine-learning model, which can turn on genes —an innovation which.

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FDA considering approval for first ever CRISPR gene editing technology drug

HQ Team June 10, 2023:The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted an application for what could become the first-ever marketed medicine based.

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The receptor of Oxytocin, a hormone considered essential to forming social bonds, may not play the role that scientists have assigned it for the past 30 years, according to US scientists.
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‘Love hormone’ Oxytocin breaks a three-decade-old perception

The receptor of Oxytocin, a hormone considered essential to forming social bonds, may not play the role that scientists have assigned it for.

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