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The treatment is the first to be licensed using the gene-editing tool known as Crispr, for which its inventors were awarded the Nobel prize in 2020

Regulator's approval comes three years after scientists won Nobel Prize for inventing the treatment

Scientists have developed a structurally modified antifungal agent that retains its antimicrobial properties while reducing toxicity in mice and human kidney cells. The new compound, AM-2-19, could increase the effectiveness and safety of treatments for deadly fungal infections. It works by binding to and extracting fungal ergosterol, but not mammalian…

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This strange new microbial discovery may hold the key to new antiviral therapies

The overarching aim was to build a yeast that can teach us new biology, researchers said.

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