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- Scientists Fix Genetic Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease in Human Brain Cells https://gladstone.org/about-us/news/scientists-fix-genetic-risk-factor-alzheimers 51 comments
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- Using human brain cells, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes discovered how to erase the potential damaging effects in human brain cells caused by apoE4, the primary genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, by changing it, with a small molecule, into a harmless apoE3-like version. https://gladstone.org/about-us/news/scientists-fix-genetic-risk-factor-alzheimers 25 comments science
- In a scientific first, researchers turned skin cells from mice into induced pluripotent stem cells by activating a single gene using CRISPR technology, offering a potentially simpler technique to produce pluripotent stem cells which can be turned into virtually any cell type in the body. https://gladstone.org/about-us/press-releases/researchers-create-first-stem-cells-using-crispr-genome-activation 6 comments science
- Researchers Create First Stem Cells Using CRISPR Genome Activation - In a scientific first, researchers at the Gladstone Institutes turned skin cells from mice into stem cells by activating a single specific gene in the cells using CRISPR technology. https://gladstone.org/about-us/press-releases/researchers-create-first-stem-cells-using-crispr-genome-activation 3 comments science