Six months ago, a Chinese scientist announced that he had edited the genomes of two babies born last year. The germline edits with CRISPR-Cas9 supposedly changed the CCR5 gene to …read more Source:: Science
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CRISPR-Cas3 innovation holds promise for disease cures, advancing science
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•Scientists have used a new type of gene editing CRISPR system for the first time in human cells – a major advance in the field. …read more Source:: Science
How to make the gene-editing tool CRISPR work even better
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•Scientists have found conclusive evidence that Cas9, the most popular enzyme currently used in CRISPR gene editing, is less effective and precise than one of the lesser-used CRISPR proteins, Cas12a. …read more Source:: Science
Taking CRISPR from clipping scissors to word processor
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•Researchers have developed a new platform that makes CRISPR less like a cutting tool and more like a word processor with a search-and-replace function. …read more Source:: Science
New CRISPR method efficiently corrects Duchenne muscular dystrophy defect in heart tissue
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•Scientists have developed a CRISPR gene-editing technique that can potentially correct a majority of the 3,000 mutations that cause Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) by making a single cut at strategic …read more Source:: Science
Scientists create yellow, three-eyed, wingless mosquitoes by using gene editing tool
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•Researchers have developed transgenic mosquitoes that stably express the Cas9 enzyme in their germline. The addition of Cas9 will enable the use of the CRISPR gene editing tool to make …read more Source:: Science
Was a researcher just served a world first CRISPR meal?
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•For (probably) the first time ever, plants modified with the “genetic scissors” CRISPR-Cas9 has been cultivated, harvested and cooked. D professor in Plant Cell and Molecular Biology served pasta with …read more Source:: Science
New CRISPR system for targeting RNA
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•Researchers have characterized a new CRISPR system that targets RNA, rather than DNA. The new approach has the potential to open a powerful avenue in cellular manipulation. …read more Source:: Science
U.S. patent agency to decide inventor of powerful gene editing technology
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•NEW YORK (Reuters) – A showdown between two teams of top U.S. scientists over who was first to invent a breakthrough gene-editing technology known as CRISPR formally began on Monday …read more Source:: UKScienceNews