Genetics
New strategy IDs infertility-causing genes
Infertility affects roughly 15 percent of couples – with many cases resulting from faulty genetics – but the details of underlying genetic causes are largely unknown.
Aug 5, 2015
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Medical research
Scientists use CRISPR activation method to reveal 'Rosetta Stone' of immune cell function
CRISPR genome editing has served as a powerful tool for deleting or altering DNA sequences and studying the resulting effect. Now, researchers at Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco (UCSF) have co-opted the CRISPR-Cas9 ...
Feb 3, 2022
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Genetics
New technique helps researchers determine developmental origins of cells
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists have pioneered the use of genome editing to trace lineage in living systems. The researchers introduced unique patterns of mutations into the cells of a developing zebrafish ...
Jun 3, 2016
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Genetics
A new genome editing method brings the possibility of gene therapies closer to reality
Researchers from Salk Institute for Biological Studies, BGI, and other institutes for the first time evaluated the safety and reliability of the existing targeted gene correction technologies, and successfully developed a ...
Jul 11, 2014
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CRISPR treatment prevents hearing loss in mice
Using molecular scissors wrapped in a greasy delivery package, researchers have disrupted a gene variant that leads to deafness in mice.
Dec 20, 2017
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Perspectives on gene editing
Medicine is at a turning point, on the cusp of major change as disruptive technologies such as gene, RNA, and cell therapies enable scientists to approach diseases in new ways. The swiftness of this change is being driven ...
Jan 10, 2019
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Genetics
With stringent oversight, heritable human genome editing could be allowed: report
Clinical trials for genome editing of the human germline - adding, removing, or replacing DNA base pairs in gametes or early embryos - could be permitted in the future, but only for serious conditions under stringent oversight, ...
Feb 14, 2017
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Genetics
The tip of the CRISPR iceberg
If you've ever heard of CRISPR, it has most likely been in the context of human gene editing.
Feb 15, 2018
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Genetics
Artificial RNA editing with ADAR for gene therapy
Many of the diseases caused by point mutations have no established therapeutic approaches. Prof. Tsukahara and colleagues (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) are studying a therapeutic method using artificial ...
Jul 9, 2020
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Genetics
Genome editing enhances T-cells for cancer immunotherapy
Researchers at Cardiff University have found a way to boost the cancer-destroying ability of the immune system's T-cells, offering new hope in the fight against a wide range of cancers.
Nov 20, 2017
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