Category: genetic engineering

Genetically Engineered Hens Made to Kill Their Own Chicks

In an effort to stop the barbaric culling of male chicks, scientists plan to create GE hens that pass on lethal genes to their male offspring, killing them before they hatch. But the biotechnology raises equally disturbing ethical and safety issues. STORY AT-A-GLANCE Each year, more than 6 billion male chicks are killed worldwide, up…


First Patients Treated With Experimental Therapy Remained in Remission 10 Years Later: Study

Researchers of a new study say that two patients with leukemia continued to be in remission a decade after they were first infused with the experimental CAR T-cell therapy that turned their immune cells into cancer-killing cells. In 2010, Doug Olson and Bill Ludwig, participated in an experimental phase 1 clinical trial of the immunotherapy,…


First Leukemia Patients Treated With Experimental Therapy Remained in Remission 10 Years Later: Study

Researchers of a new study say that two patients with leukemia continued to be in remission a decade after they were first infused with the experimental CAR T-cell therapy that turned their immune cells into cancer-killing cells. In 2010, Doug Olson and Bill Ludwig, participated in an experimental phase 1 clinical trial of the immunotherapy,…