Human Gene Editing
Kevin Davies’ ‘Editing Humanity’ explores the CRISPR revolution and the ethical dilemmas that await us
We cannot rewind the tape of life to see how we might have been and whether humans are inevitable products ...
Cancer breakthrough replacing chemotherapy? Israeli scientists use CRISPR gene editing to snip DNA and kill killer cells
The CRISPR Cas-9 gene editing system allows scientists to make precise alterations to DNA, and gained creators Jennifer Doudna and ...
Viewpoint: Why we shouldn’t be scared of human gene editing
[G]ene editing is not something to be scared of, and we must spread the word. It is a tool that ...
30+ genes identified that could protect us from COVID, opening door to gene therapy prevention solutions
The goal was two-fold: to identify the genes that make human cells more resistant to SARS-CoV-2 virus; and test existing ...
De-extinction: Why CRISPR gene editing might be the most revolutionary development in science ever
Called “de-extinction,” the resurrection of lost species is one of the many applications to be revolutionized by the new gene-editing ...
No country has yet approved human embryo gene editing
[F]our researchers reviewed policy documents from 106 countries to map out the policy landscape regarding human germline and heritable genome ...
Endometriosis relief: Breakthrough treatment for severe cases on the horizon using epigenetics
[Scientists from Michigan State University] pharmacologically inhibited P300, a protein implicated in the dysregulation of endometrial epithelial cells, which normally ...
Podcast: Beyond CRISPR and gene therapy—How ‘gene writing’ is poised to transform the treatment of even the rarest diseases
In just a few short years, gene editing has launched a biomedical revolution, yielding previously unimaginable treatments for conditions ranging ...
EU needs new guidelines to evaluate environmental impact of gene-drive mosquitoes, food safety officials say
After being mandated by the European Commission, [European Food Safety Authority's] experts on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) published the scientific ...
CRISPR gene editing to correct harmful mutations could in rare cases wreak havoc on our chromosomes, study claims
[L]arge-scale damage was found in a study that analyzed human embryos that had been edited with CRISPR-Cas9. The study, from ...
Viewpoint: CRISPR can do more than just gene editing in agriculture and biomedicine
Thanks to the 2020 chemistry Nobel prize, Crispr–Cas systems will forever be associated with gene editing. But it’s worth mentioning ...
CRISPR-edited coral: Gene editing could help Great Barrier Reef survive climate change
An international team of experts used CRISPR-Cas9 to elucidate the heat tolerance of a coral in the Great Barrier Reef ...
Genome editing is a transformative but still erratic technology in health and agriculture
Genome editing has a transformative potential in healthcare or to improve crops or livestock. However, the use of Cas9 or ...
Epigenetics finding completely upends our understanding of drug addiction
I was taught to scoff at Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and his theory that traits acquired through life experience could be passed on to ...
Video: How do you breed CRISPR cows? A crash course on animal gene editing
How do you breed gene-edited animals? This 30-minute video from the University of California, Davis details the making of a ...
Brain aging and dementia remain a mystery. This epigenetic model may help unravel it
People age at different rates, with some individuals developing both characteristics and diseases related to aging earlier in life than ...
‘Disease-cancelling technology’: New drugs may act more like noise-control headphones
Rather than focusing on the DNA and proteins involved in a disease, Immuneering focuses on disease-associated gene signaling and expression ...
High-yielding plants that survive temperature swings may be our next weapon against climate change
Sally Mackenzie spent her childhood summers walking through the vast fields of bright, red, ripe tomato crops: They grow best ...
CRISPR can transform bad fat into good fat, helping us stay lean and fighting diabetes
Too much of the bad white [fat], which stores energy, makes us obese. The brown type burns energy, helping us ...
The 5-minute COVID-19 test is here
Researchers have used CRISPR gene-editing technology to come up with a test that detects the pandemic coronavirus in just 5 ...
CRISPR-based diagnostic tools will be able to rapidly diagnose future pandemics
Although [CRISPR] gene-editing technology [COVID] tests are still being developed and won't be ready in the United States this year as the weather ...
Gene therapy may be able to restore vision
In a normal eye, opsins are expressed by the rod and cone photoreceptors in the retina. When activated by light, ...
Next Congress might steer course of CRISPR revolution by setting ethical limits on gene editing of human sperm and eggs
[W]hat if geneticists could sidestep the [human embryo genome editing] controversy by editing sperm and eggs instead? According to a ...
Childhood trauma: The kids are not alright, and part of the explanation may be linked to epigenetics
The old adage about kids being resilient and able to bounce back from early traumas isn't necessarily borne out by ...
Resurgence of gene therapy has dramatically altered the the biomedicine revolution
Some technologies that have emerged and altered the landscape in recent years include immunotherapy, CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, and chimeric antigen ...
CRISPR used to create embryo of first ‘super horse’
Researchers in Argentina have produced what is believed to be the world’s first genetically edited horse embryo. The team worked ...
‘Gigantic leaps forward’ What’s happened in the 21 years since a teenager died undergoing gene therapy, stalling emergence of this biomedical breakthrough?
In 1999, [teenager] Jesse [Gelsinger] received a dose of the ornithine transcarbamylase gene, engineered into a recombinant adenovirus, at the ...
