Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) turned into specialized retinal cells were meant to cure the damage caused by age-related macular degeneration leading to blindness. The trial was halted due to mutations identified in cells of a second patient....
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East London Genes and Health project, assuming sequencing genomes of 100 000 Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, has been launched on March 12, 2015. Comparing to people of European ancestry, these ethnic groups more often suffer from various illnesses, mainly heart diseases and type II diabetes. The projec...
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