Human Gene Editing
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
CRISPR gene editing successfully used on non-human primate for first time in US
In a study led by Michigan State University, scientists have shown that gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9 technology can be quite ...
CRISPR primer: Explaining the powerful gene-editing tool
CRISPR technology is a simple yet powerful tool for editing genomes. It allows researchers to easily alter DNA sequences and ...
Epigenetics Around the Web: IFL Science doesn’t f****** understand how humans ‘inherit’ modifications
The popular science site IFL Science whiffs at covering a major study; and can we please stop talking about 'space ...
Are 3-parent babies products of eugenics or the desire to save lives?
The most astonishing gene therapy news this year has been the crafting of three-parent babies. The in-vitro fertilization practice, known ...
Restoring sight: CRISPR could reprogram cells to treat retinitis pigmentosa
Using the gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Shiley Eye Institute at ...
Inheritance of epigenetic modifications observed through 14 generations in roundworms
To a degree, our lineage dictates how our genes are expressed, how we look, age, and live. However, a recent study ...
Can epigenetics help fuel personalized medicine revolution in cancer treatment?
Already, doctors, to some degree, use personal genomics tests that integrate our unique genetic makeup into clinical decision-making. However, there ...
Could it be possible to slow, or even rewind, our body’s aging clock?
Ageing in humans (and animals) can be seen as either an inevitable process of wear and tear or as an ...
Does gene editing change who we are as ‘humans’?
DNA-based technology’s entry into the mainstream has been picking up lately.... But rapid advances mean it is becoming increasingly feasible ...
Epigenetics Around the Web: Evolution of instincts — How ‘real’ is behavioral plasticity?
A researcher's decision to broadcast his controversial hypothesis about the evolution of instincts is irresponsible, and a study throws cold ...
Genetic Literacy Project’s Top 6 Stories for the Week – April 24, 2017
GMO corn that resists cancer-causing aflatoxin showcases biotech’s life-saving potential | Steve Savage Behold the octopus: Problem solver, tool user and now, ...
DNA glowing in 3D: We can now track genes moving in real time using CRISPR
Mazhar Adli, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, has developed a way to ...
Edible ‘CRISPR pill’ instructs harmful bacteria to self-destruct, may revolutionize fight against antibiotic resistance
As resistance to antibiotics grows in the U.S., researchers are looking for new ways to fight germs like Clostridium difficile, ...
CRISPR conundrum: Is there a line between GMOs and ‘natural’ crops when genes are edited?
New gene-editing techniques like CRISPR can be detected, but can't be distinguished from "natural" genetic changes. Should regulators and the ...
Behold the octopus: Problem solver, tool user and now, gene editor
The more we learn about octopuses and squids, the more mysterious they become. The ability to edit their own RNA ...
How CRISPR gene editing will ‘supercharge’ agriculture
[J]ust as corn helped create these civilizations, these civilizations helped create corn through meticulous selective breeding. Today’s grain hardly resembles ...
Designer pigs could save thousands of lives in China, which lacks an ‘organ-donation culture’
Where other people see bacon, biologist Luhan Yang sees lifesaving organs — hundreds and thousands of them...[Yang] intends to use ...
Epigenetics Around the Web: Epigenetics and health in 2030, botched vitamin B cure, and more
This week’s features: Vitamin B still won't protect you from air pollution, and epigenetics and the city of 2030. Plus, ...
SHERLOCK gene tool can identify Zika in blood, help prepare for epidemics
A tool based on CRISPR has been shown to detect the Zika virus in blood, urine and saliva. It was ...
Will organic community embrace gene editing if it restores ancient crops?
Precision genetic engineering techniques could bring back beneficial genes from wild relatives of crops without using foreign genes. The concept ...
