GenomeEngineer

genome & trait engineering, gene & cell-based therapy, synthetic & systems biology, GMOs, etc.

[AquaBounty @AquaBountyFarms]

A fishy campaign against salmon https://t.co/QiQN6KjwTb @aquabountytech @geneticliteracy @iambiotech @biotecanada

[Darren Platt @[email protected] @dplattsf]

Happy to be able to announce that Demetrix wrapped up our Series A. I'm hoping to spend a little less time with zoom and more time with data and #fsharp. https://t.co/zWq0JPFxXo

[Christian Burks @scienega]

#LIMS #SynBio #SaaS #SampleTracking #LaboratoryInformatics

[Christian Burks @scienega]

Ceiling on #SpinalMuscularAtrophy #GeneTherapy cost-effectiveness? Keying off different #QALY values, @ICER_Review sees $900K, @Novartis sees $5M, while others like @PioneerBoston argue against QALY approach https://t.co/dDCJ5NhyDX @ReutersDeenaB @Reuters @STATnews via @DailyScan

[Christian Burks @scienega]

#BiomedicalEthics #GE3LS #ELSI #CRISPR #GeneEditing #GenomeEngineering #OpiodEpidemic #ChronicPain #FetalTissue #AntiVaxxer #Vaccine #GMO #frankenfood

[Genome Alberta @GenomeAlberta]

RT @GenomeCanada: Request for Applications: Genomics in Society Interdisciplinary Research Teams https://t.co/JSVAxQOrH4 #Genomics #LivingInnovation

[Christian Burks @scienega]

Green light from @USDA for unregulated growth in the field for transgenic gossypol-free (in seeds) cotton developed @TAMU. Reduction in toxicity a potential boon for nutritional use, subject to future @US_FDA approval. https://t.co/zQsibnbZ3o @nprDanCharles @NPR @CottonInc

[Christian Burks @scienega]

#Mesa18 on #GeneTherapy: The cost to "bend the curve of life"? The value of bending the curve of life? How will patients, providers, payers & pharma answer? https://t.co/L6o0l8mzC4 @SanDiegoScience @SDUT @NovartisCancer @Spark_Tx via @DailyScan

[Be the change you want to be @AgBioWorld]

An extensive review concludes that GMO is less disruptive of crop genetics than conventional breeding, so the huge rigorous evaluations & regulations are not justified by any scientific evidence of safety risk, simply a waste of time & money! @mark_lynas

https://t.co/s7cERxM5zB

[Christian Burks @scienega]

Engineering arboreal heritage: GMO American chestnut technology is ready to spread, but regulatory row remains to be hoed https://t.co/i6R5Z9QgMQ @GabrielPopkin @ScienceMagazine @SUNYESF @EnvDefenseFund @ChestnutPowell @Chestnut1904 @USDAFoodSafety @USDA @ForestService

[Christian Burks @scienega]

More on #BoostBiomes @ https://t.co/wrGV80RSqO #CTO #microbiome

[Cassie @cassiecounsel]

Surprising discovery today: there are only 9 live U.S. trademarks incorporating the word “CRISPR”. 😲
If you want to protect use in commerce of your favorite CRISPR phrase before someone else does, please feel free to contact me. @ipmvs #CRISPR #geneediting

[Adam Feuerstein ✡️ @adamfeuerstein]

$BLUE $CELG CAR-T delays multiple myeloma progression by one year, but is that enough? https://t.co/XlLHiqtEMO #ASCO18

[Christian Burks @scienega]

#HenriettaLacks' portrait as mother of #HeLaCells, by @KadirNelson, can be seen at the @NPG starting tomorrow https://t.co/JrjbkPqD9m @TheScientistLLC @RebeccaSkloot @KimSajet @NMAAHC @smithsonian @JIRicou @HeLaMovie #ATCC @ThermoFisher @MyBioSource @AMS_Bio

[Christian Burks @scienega]

first U.S. facility for commercial production of AquAdvantage #GMO salmon: @AquaBountyTech announces @US_FDA site approval https://t.co/rA9HVb74Nl $XON $AQB @Intrexon

[Christian Burks @scienega]

#GeneTherapy for #BetaThalassemia: @BluebirdBio treatment is better than before, but not yet perfect, if "perfect" = "most serious form cured with 1 treatment" https://t.co/wvEUx3oUU6 @LurieChildrens @JohnCendpts @EndPts $BLUE @NEJM via @RobSteinNews @NPR @Groopman @NewYorker

[Christian Burks @scienega]

Articles, including a focus on #GenomeEngineering and #GeneEditing, on more effective communication -- listening to and understanding as well transmitting to and informing -- with the public about science https://t.co/uBGnfSlmYl #SynBio @Chung_Jibum @SBurall @SJasanoff

[Christian Burks @scienega]

#GenomeEngineering #GMO @realScottBiden @StuartSmyth66 https://t.co/8NkvBcOzWJ

[Christian Burks @scienega]

Congrats!! to #BoostBiomes: closing seed round to optimize agricultural microbial ecologies https://t.co/9JfbfpC1RS @JamieBacher @CAStrawberries #VikingGlobalInvestors #Tencent @BerkeleyBioE @NimbleVentures @JLabs @JNJInnovation @Illumina via @AgFunder @wg_cit @PRNewswire

[Christian Burks @scienega]

DowDuPont revealed as the surprise leader in global CRISPR patents; study points to potential trouble ahead - Blog - IAM - Informing IP value https://t.co/EfhxVAOiQM