The lucky break behind the first CRISPR treatment

The world’s first commercial gene-editing treatment is set to start changing the lives of people with sickle-cell disease. It’s called Casgevy, and it was approved last month in the UK. US approval is pending this week.  The treatment, which will be sold in the US by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, employs CRISPR, the […]

Blackstone and Digital Realty launch a joint venture to spend $7B developing 10 data centers across four campuses in Frankfurt, Paris, and Northern Virginia (Peter Grant/Wall Street Journal)

Peter Grant / Wall Street Journal:Blackstone and Digital Realty launch a joint venture to spend $7B developing 10 data centers across four campuses in Frankfurt, Paris, and Northern Virginia  —  Venture will target providers of online content, cloud services and AI  —  Investment giant Blackstone and Digital Realty …