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BioNews News articles written by Ebtehal Moussa:
| Human eggs use chemical attraction to 'choose' sperm |
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| 15 June 2020 - by Ebtehal Moussa |
| The fluid that surrounds an egg when it is released acts as a chemical attractant to sperm, but may also select sperm from certain males over others... [Read More] |
| Gene therapy for cancer halted after patient death |
| 11 September 2017 - by Ebtehal Moussa |
| Two trials assessing gene therapy for blood cancer have been put on hold by the US Food and Drug Administration, following a patient fatality... [Read More] |
| Dozens of new gene targets for cancer immunotherapy found |
| 14 August 2017 - by Ebtehal Moussa |
| Over a 100 new genes that may be essential for cancer immunotherapy to work have been identified using a new CRISPR-based screen... [Read More] |
| Two blood cancers treated successfully with immunotherapy |
| 12 June 2017 - by Ebtehal Moussa |
| Two trials of a new gene therapy have successfully treated blood cancers in patients who were unresponsive to standard treatment... [Read More] |
| Gene therapy could prevent breast cancer from spreading |
| 26 September 2016 - by Ebtehal Moussa |
| A new gene therapy technique using microRNAs has successfully prevented the spread of breast cancer in mice... [Read More] |
| Genetic test indicates chemotherapy benefit for early-stage breast cancer |
| 30 August 2016 - by Ebtehal Moussa |
| A new genetic test could predict which patients with early-stage breast cancer patients would benefit from chemotherapy... [Read More] |
| Two genes linked to breast cancer survival |
| 22 August 2016 - by Ebtehal Moussa |
| Researchers in the UK have discovered two key genes capable of predicting 10-year disease-specific survival outcomes in breast cancer patients... [Read More] |