Human Gene Editing
Hemophilia cure? First attempt at in vivo human genome editing
Researchers have edited the human genome before, but always in cells outside the body. Now, biotech company Sangamo Therapeutics is ...
Plants vs pathogens: CRISPR-created crops fend off pests, add nutrition
Potato blight sparked the Irish famine in the 19th century, causing a million people to starve to death and another ...
Evolution could push back against CRISPR gene editing of insects to stop Zika and malaria
Research published [May 2017] suggests that gene editing, a revolutionary cut-and-paste technology that allows bespoke adjustments to an organism’s genome, ...
Pope Francis backs gene editing to treat human diseases, but cautions against ‘throwaway culture’
Pope Francis praised scientists searching for treatments for genetic diseases but cautioned against the use of human embryos in their ...
Video: Micro-bubbles and stem cell gene therapy heal bone fractures in pigs
It takes more than a cast and a little time to heal many broken bones....Now, researchers have combined ultrasound, stem ...
Gene therapy breakthrough for age-related macular degeneration
Wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) occurs when blood vessels grow and leak fluid into the macula, the central portion of ...
Israel will not require additional regulations for gene-edited plants
Danziger Innovations announces that the Israeli National Committee for Transgenic Plants (NCTP) has made yet another major step in regulating ...
Synthetic biology cheat sheet: Key players, big debates and lingo you should know
Key Players J. Craig Venter: After playing an important role in early efforts to sequence the human genome, Venter now ...
GLP’s Jon Entine: Gene editing will cut time, costs of commercializing new genetically engineered crops
Monsanto, the world’s largest producer of GMO seeds, is betting that a new technology called gene editing may calm consumers ...
Does US need a ‘biology strategy’ to ensure gene editing research proceeds ethically?
With the arrival of the gene-editing technology Crispr, biology will soon converge with everyday medicine, big agriculture, and artificial intelligence ...
CRISPR may open door to personalized treatment of cancer
One thing cells must do in order to become cancerous is to overthrow the normal checks on their growth. As ...
Epigenetics Around the Web: Integrative medicine physicians and new book ‘Born Anxious’ fail Epigenetics 101
A new book hyped by several sites is likely based on pseudoscience, which underscores why physicians need to be more ...
Coming age of CRISPR gene editing: What in heck is the ‘Pink Chicken Project’?
A new website called "the Pink Chicken Project" offers up an intriguing nugget of an idea: what if we turned ...
Childhood ‘overgrowth’—often leading to facial distortions—found linked to cancer-causing genes, epigenetics
Researchers have undertaken the world's largest genetic study of childhood overgrowth syndromes - providing new insights into their causes, and ...
CRISPR race: Gene editing’s lower costs, regulations open door to more competition, improved crops
Monsanto ... is investing in gene editing in an effort to keep an edge over rival suppliers of high-tech crop seeds ...
CRISPR Chardonnay? Gene-edited grapes could fend off mildew, reduce pesticide use
Chardonnay is among the most popular and recognizable wines in the world. The grape’s genes essentially have been passed down ...
Eric Lander and Eric Schmidt: Science’s Miracle Machine — government investment in basic research — in danger
[Editor's note: Eric S. Lander is president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University. Eric E ...
What is ‘cell-free biotechnology’ and how could it revolutionize our lives?
The stuff of life comes wrapped in tiny bags called cells. Inside are DNA molecules that carry the instructions for ...
Cure for HIV? CRISPR gene editing shows promise
Have researchers taken a step closer to developing an eventual cure for HIV? A Temple University-led team hopes so, by ...
Is the Broad Institute exploiting its nonprofit status to corner CRISPR business?
When a federal patent court ruled that the nonprofit Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard could legally license its version ...
Backward regulations may prevent Europe from ever benefiting from easy-to-develop disease-resistant tomatoes
Engineering a tomato resistant to a pernicious fungal disease doesn’t seem like it’d be the easiest part of a plant pathologist’s ...
Dramatic cancer treatment? ‘Command’ center targeted using CRISPR gene editing
The CRISPR gene-editing tool has already shown a lot of potential for helping doctors treat the most stubborn diseases, and ...
Epigenetics Around the Web: Marie Claire’s missteps on probiotics and microbiome; Dad’s role in fetal health
Missteps on science, journalism and advertising; Overhyping the epigenetic relationship between healthy fathers and healthy children ...
Bubble boy hope: Strimvelis gene therapy revises genetic make-up, offers rare immune deficiency cure
A child in Europe has become the second individual ever to receive a commercial gene therapy, according to GlaxoSmithKline. The ...
Pediatric cancer: Can CRISPR gene editing help?
[Simone T. Sredni, associate professor of pediatric neurosurgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine] said that after so many years ...
New transplantation era beckons if we’re ok with growing organs in pigs
Some day, human organs from pigs may fill the organ gap, and the needed science and engineering is advancing rapidly, ...
What you need to know about the legal battle over CRISPR patents
In 2012, Cal biochemistry and molecular biology professor Jennifer Doudna and microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier, now of the Max Planck Institute, ...
