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CRISPR Therapeutics begins natural killer cell cancer tie-up with Nkarta

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CRISPR’s deal with Nkarta aims to create genetically engineered NK cells, which are harvested and used to create a bank of “off the shelf” cells that can administered to patients like a drug. Nkarta also gets a license to CRISPR gene editing to an unlimited number of its own NK cell therapy products.

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Aridis Pharmaceuticals to Present at the ROTH Capital Partners 2020 MedTech Innovation Forum on a COVID-19 Panel

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PEX TM and MabIgX® technology platforms to rapidly identify rare, potent antibody-producing B-cells from patients who have successfully overcome an infection, and to rapidly manufacture monoclonal antibody (mAbs) for therapeutic treatment of critical infections.

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Gene Switch: A Novel Platform for Switching Genes On and Off

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coli bacteria, as well as lambda bacteriophage, can adapt to the alterations in the composition of their nutrient medium. Therefore, although a gene switch may induce programmed cell death in culture cells to mitigate adverse events caused by engineered cell therapies, it could be considered insufficient / dangerous for clinical practice.

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