Gene editing naively blocks HIV doorway in T cells
University of Pennsylvania researchers report deleting a single doorway gene in patients' T cells using zinc finger nucleases to create partly HIV resistant cells. The approach, described in NEJM, marks a milestone in genome editing and points toward functional HIV control without daily antivirals.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
New England Journal of Medicine
Sangamo BioSciences
Richmond
Calif
Sangamo
Edward Lanphier
Anthony Fauci
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Stanford University
Mark Kay
Bruce Walker
Penn
Carl June
Federal
June
Change in tone on same sex marriage at CPAC gathering
At the CPAC gathering in Oxon Hill Maryland conservatives show signs of accepting same sex marriage as not a political issue. GOProud’s invitation signals shifting views while activists cite smaller government as key to why the issue is less central to winning.
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Jter
Conservative Political Action Conference
Oxon Hill
Congressional
Washington
Portland, Ore
Goproud
Matt Bechstein
Patrick Fields
Fort Mill
S.C
Fields
Marshall Jackson
Greenville
Jackson
National Organization For Marriage
Lydia Warren
Nashville, Tenn
Ralph Reed
Faith & Freedom Coalition
Arizona
Reed
Rick Trader
Saudi Arabia labels Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group
Saudi authorities designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization and added Nusra Front ISIS and al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula to the official terrorist list. The move could affect Saudi policy and its partners in Syria and Gaza while signaling potential long prison terms for Saudis traveling to fight with those groups.
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Cairo
Saudi Arabia
Muslim Brotherhood
al-Qaida
Syrian Muslim Brotherhood
Bashar al-Assad
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey
Brotherhood
Hamas
Gaza Strip
United States
Israel
U.S. State Department
Assad
Syria
U.S
London
Egypt
Nusra Front
Iraq
Arabian Peninsula
Interior Ministry