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UMass Medical School made it to the Science 16, round 2 of STAT Madness, which means we need you to vote again!
UMass Medical School is competing in “STAT Madness,” an online, bracket-style competition run by the Boston Globe Media’s national health and science publication, Stat News, to find the best innovation in science and medicine. Specifically, the discovery of the first off-switches for CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing by Erik Sontheimer, PhD, professor in the RNA Therapeutics Institute at UMass Medical School, and colleagues, and published in Cell, is competing for the title of best innovation. Click here to cast your vote.
STAT Executive Editor Rick Berke said the newsroom received more than 100 entries for the contest, each describing the value of innovative research published in a peer-reviewed journal. UMMS is one of 32 entries chosen to compete in the first round of voting. Voting rounds will be held weekly until two winners are declared on April 3; one will be a “people’s champion,” chosen by most online votes; the other will be an editor’s pick, chosen by STAT journalists.
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UMMS scientists co-discover first ‘off-switches’ for CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing
