Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Artificial blood vessels may help overcome challenges in organ transplantation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Using sugar, silicone, and ...
New discovery challenges long-held model of DNA replication
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It may be time ...
Newly-discovered gene controls stem cell production
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A scientific team from ...
23andMe works with FDA, bets on science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Last week, privately held ...
Next-generation genome sequencing pushes clinical research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When people talk about ...
Gene causes nearsightedness in bookworm kids
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists at Columbia University ...
Electrical ‘switch’ in cells may keep cancer cells under control
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Research led by scientists ...
Artificial blood vessels synthesized to resist clotting
Researchers from ITMO University in Russia say they have developed artificial blood vessels that reportedly are not susceptible to blood ...
Mitochondrial dysfunction may play role in heart failure
While all cells in the body rely on metabolic pathways that take place within the mitochondria, the cells of some ...
CRISPR modifies human T cell genome, offering future AIDS therapy
Investigators from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have developed a new strategy to precisely modify human T cells using CRISPR/Cas9—implications ...
Doctors offer solutions on how to best regulate rising prices of cancer treatments
Fifty years ago, the average monthly cost of a cancer therapy stood at $100 a month ($754.94 in today’s dollars). By 2013, ...
New genetic analysis technique could vastly improve success of pregnancy through IVF
Human embryos created for in vitro fertilization, or IVF, can be subjected to a new form of analysis and classified ...
Engineered yeast can potentially detect disease, build synthetic organs
Scientists at the University of Washington (UW) say they have engineered yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) that can "talk" to one another, using ...
Researchers look into animal genomes in search of causes of human diseases
Precision medicine still struggles with a basic problem: understanding how genomic context can amplify or mute the effects of isolated mutations ...
CRISPR, yogurt bacteria reveal how microbe genomes evolve
Are there genome editing tools running around in that yogurt you’re eating? Don’t drop your spoon and start scraping your ...
National academies move to design regulations on germline editing
The National Academies of Science (NAS) and National Academies of Medicine (NAM) have their work cut out for them as ...
National Academies gear up to discuss human gene editing implications
The National Academies of Science (NAS) and National Academies of Medicine (NAM) have their work cut out for them as ...
If not anti-science, what’s in the heads and hearts of GMO opponents?
For years, supporters and opponents of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) have debated questions ranging from the safety of engineered crops, to ...
Protein illuminates gene expression, may explain how tumors form
Scientists at York University in Toronto report that they discovered how living beings can keep gene expression in check. They ...
Sexual reproduction is good for the human genome
Theories on the genetic advantages of sexual reproduction abound within the biological sciences community, but there has been scant evidence ...
Light-activated genes in bacteria engineered with CRISPR-Cas9
Scientists may have taken a step closer to making science fiction a medical reality. Researchers at Duke University have developed ...
Hormone therapeutics boosted by unique cow antibodies
The friendly cow, said to be blown by all the winds that pass, and wet with all the showers, may ...
How oncologists sort through masses of genetic data
Whether they are concerned with a mutation of a single gene, or mutations in a combination of two or more ...
More potential health benefits found from drinking red wine
Researchers at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine report that a compound found in common foods such as ...
Motion sickness? Genes might be to blame
Breathe deep and look at the horizon. It’s the sagely advice many of us have heard who experience motion sickness, ...
Epigenetic markers predict mortality better than biological age
Chemical changes to DNA that accumulate over a lifetime amount to a kind of biological clock. By analyzing these changes, ...
Court overturns EU ban on stem cell patents
Today the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled that human embryonic stem cell patents could be allowed if organisms can't ...
Uses of CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering expand to editing RNA
The CRISPR/Cas9 system, a powerful tool for genome engineering and gene regulation, has been thought to be incapable of targeting RNA ...
