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British multinational corporation GlaxoSmithKline, or GSK, announced its partnership with UC Berkeley and UCSF on June 13 to build a state-of-the-art laboratory for CRISPR research, a revolutionary genetic modification technology.
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Chinese scientist He Jiankui genetically mutated twins born last year to be resistant to HIV infection through the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology — however, according to an analysis released June 3 by UC Berkeley researchers, this mutation also comes with a 21 percent increase in mortality later in life.
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the University of California a new patent for the revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 system of gene-editing technology on Tuesday. The patent, No. 10,301,651, covers methods of modulating DNA transcription.
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Enrollment in UC Berkeley’s summer minors has increased 18 percent from last year, with an increase from 2,020 enrolled last summer to 2,382 enrolled this summer, according to Alexandra Calvert, project manager of UC Berkeley Summer Sessions, Study Abroad & Lifelong Learning.
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On April 23, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued UC Berkeley its fourth patent for CRISPR Cas-9, a revolutionary gene-editing technology.
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Seven states, including California, have agreed to reduce their water consumption from the Colorado River in an attempt to combat a drought that has affected the region for two decades.
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The decrease of tule fog in the Central Valley is linked to a decrease in air pollution, according to a study published by UC Berkeley researchers March 28.
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This summer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers will complete the development of the world’s best telescope for mapping distant galaxies.
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UC Berkeley researchers recently participated in a large-scale excavation that uncovered hundreds of fossils, supporting the hypothesis that the extinction of the dinosaurs may have been caused by an asteroid.
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On Friday, the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, withdrew its initial objections to UC academic researchers joining the UC postdoctoral researchers union to create Academic Researchers United/UAW Local 5810, or ARU/UAW Local 5810.
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