A new milestone for using Crispr gene-editing against cancer
US scientists have succeeded in genetically editing the immune systems of three cancer patients using Crispr, without creating any side effects, a first for…
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Astronauts Use CRISPR in Space for the First Time Ever
First Edit Astronauts aboard the International Space Station just made CRISPR history. On Thursday, astronauts Christina Koch and Nick Hague used the…
CRISPR Gene Engineered Human Babies Immune to HIV, Smallpox and Cholera
CRISPR gene editing has been used to eliminate a gene called CCR5 in hopes of rendering human babies resistant to HIV, smallpox, and cholera.The…
Scientists Used CRISPR to Domesticate This Delicate Fruit | Virtual Reality
Years ago, the idea of genetic splicing was a fictional pipe dream that invoked images of bat winged-lions or bears with laser eyes. That’s not on the horizon…
Scientists Wiped Out a Mosquito Population by Hacking Their DNA With CRISPR…
BYE, SKEETERS
They might be tiny, but mosquitoes cause millions of deaths every year by spreading diseases like malaria and dengue. Now, new research…
CRISPR Therapeutics, ViaCyte team up on gene-edited diabetes treatment |…
Just two weeks after launching the first company-backed trial of a CRISPR treatment, CRISPR Therapeutics inked a deal with ViaCyte to develop off-the-shelf,…
These two CRISPR experts are coming to Disrupt SF 2018 | Industry
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CRISPR, the gene-editing system that could one day change the course of humanity still has a long way to…
CRISPR biotech Editas to lose CMO as it continues push for clinical trials…
Editas Medicine is to lose its chief medical officer at the end of the year, as the search is on for a new clinical leader. Afterhours last night the biotech…
New CRISPR technique skips over portions of genes that can cause disease |…
Illinois researchers adapted CRISPR gene-editing technology to help a cell skip over mutated portions of genes. From left, professor Pablo Perez-Pinera,…
7 Crops That Could Benefit from CRISPR | Digital Science
Since CRISPR was first described in 2005, the gene editing technology’s potential impact on agriculture, human health and the environment has been covered…