The Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, a three-day conference organized by the Royal Society, the U.K. Academy of Medical Sciences, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences and Medicine and The World Academy ...
Biotechnology
Mar 8, 2023
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A review of gene editing techniques suggests that the CRISPR/Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/Cas) method could be a possible "savior" for rice crops threatened by climate change and high food ...
Biotechnology
Mar 3, 2023
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The body is constantly replenishing the blood with new red and white blood cells thanks to a small but important group of cells called hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Now, researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT Harvard, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 17, 2023
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Systematically attenuating DNA targeting activity can achieve CRISPR-driven editing in bacteria, greatly boosting colony counts and even increasing the frequency of precise genome editing. This was shown in a study of the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 9, 2023
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Human actions are changing the environment at an unprecedented rate. Plant and animal populations must try to keep up with these human-accelerated changes, often by trying to rapidly evolve tolerance to changing conditions.
Plants & Animals
Feb 2, 2023
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The list of extinct species that genetic engineering company Colossal wants to bring back to life is growing. The latest addition: the dodo.
Plants & Animals
Jan 31, 2023
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Medical innovations typically take 17 years from the time a lightbulb goes off in a scientist's head until the first person benefits.
Biotechnology
Jan 31, 2023
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Over the past 10 years, CRISPR has been transformative for research, enabling gene editing that is fast, simple and precise, experts say.
Biotechnology
Jan 31, 2023
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Editing a gene that prompts a cascade of damage after a heart attack appeared to reverse this inevitable course in mice, leaving their hearts remarkably unharmed, a new study by UT Southwestern scientists showed. The findings, ...
Biotechnology
Jan 23, 2023
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Despite some hesitation about gene-edited foods, taste trumps everything, according to a Washington State University-led survey of U.S. consumers.
Biotechnology
Jan 9, 2023
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