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IGI RIDER Award for CRISPR Delivery Given to Five Fellows
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Fyodor Urnov Appointed IGI Scientific Director of Technology and Translation
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Jennifer Doudna Wins 2019 LUI Che Woo Prize
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Liana Lareau Named IGI’s 2019 SKCF Faculty Scholar
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From Battlefields to Cancer Wards: CRISPR to Combat Radiation Sickness
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IGI Offering Two CRISPR Classes This Summer
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Major CIRM & NHLBI Funding Pushes Sickle Cell’s CRISPR Cure Towards the Clinic
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CRISPR, Crafts, and Computers: IGI at Cal Day 2019
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Pam Ronald and David Zilberman Elected to National Academy of Sciences
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Brian Staskawicz Elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society
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