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Genetically engineered dendritic cells enhance lung cancer therapy

Drug Discovery World

A study by researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center in the US suggests that injecting engineered dendritic cells directly into cancerous lung tumours can help promote a stronger immune response. Additionally, they observed that this therapy helped to establish a long-lasting immune response against the cancer.

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Genetically engineered T cells could lead to therapies for autoimmune diseases

Scienmag

A new study has found that a novel T cell genetically engineered by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers is able to target and attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes, which could lead to new immunotherapy treatments.

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Small glowing protein allows researchers to peer deeper into living tissues

Medical Xpress

Biomedical and genetic engineers at Duke University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have designed a small fluorescent protein that emits and absorbs light that penetrates deep into biological tissue.

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Scientists engineer safe, virus-resistant E coli for research

Drug Discovery World

In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, US researchers have modified E coli bacteria to be immune to infection by all natural viruses tested so far. Genetic engineering The findings build on earlier efforts by genetic engineers, which involved genetically reprogramming E.

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Researchers engineer cells to destroy malignant tumor cells but leave the rest alone

Scienmag

Credit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON June 28, 2021 — Researchers at McMaster University have developed a promising new cancer immunotherapy that uses cancer-killing cells genetically engineered outside the body to find and destroy malignant tumors.

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This week in drug discovery (8-12 April) 

Drug Discovery World

The cancer research news has been coming thick and fast from the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in San Diego this week, so our Friday round-up focuses on drug discovery in oncology. News round-up for 8-12 April by DDW Digital Content Editor Diana Spencer.

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New ‘split-drive’ system puts scientists in the (gene) driver seat

Scienmag

Researchers develop tunable system that harnesses the spread of cargo carried by gene drives Credit: Gerard Terradas, UC San Diego Powerful new genetic engineering methods have given scientists the potential to revolutionize several sectors of global urgency.

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