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CRISPR-Cas9

Scientists Set a Path for Field Trials of Gene Drive Organisms

December 18, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — The modern rise of gene drive research, accelerated by CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology, has led to transformational waves rippling across science. Gene drive organisms (GDOs),...

Researchers Identify Critical Molecules that Coronaviruses Hijack to Infect Human Cells

December 10, 2020
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San Francisco, CA — When a coronavirus–including SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19–infects someone, it hijacks the person’s cells, co-opting their molecular machinery for its own...

Reproducing Pathophysiology of Polycystic Kidney Disease from Human iPS Cells

August 25, 2020
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Kumamoto, Japan — Joint research, led by Kumamoto University in Japan, has successfully reproduced the pathogenesis of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) from human iPS cells in vitro....

Cell Diversity in the Embryo

August 4, 2020
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Munich, Germany — A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin has explored the role of factors in embryonic development that do not alter the sequence of DNA, but only...

New Understanding of CRISPR-Cas9 Tool could Improve Gene Editing

August 3, 2020
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Berkeley, CA — Within a mere eight years, CRISPR-Cas9 has become the go-to genome editor for both basic research and gene therapy. But CRISPR-Cas9 also has spawned other potentially powerful DNA manipulation...

Comparing 13 Different CRISPR-Cas9 DNA Scissors

June 26, 2020
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Daejeon, South Korea — CRISPR-Cas9 has become one of the most convenient and effective biotechnology tools used to cut specific DNA sequences. Starting from Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9), a...

Study Shows Glaucoma Could Be Successfully Treated With Gene Therapy

April 22, 2020
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Bristol, UK — A new study led by the University of Bristol has shown a common eye condition, glaucoma, could be successfully treated with a single injection using gene therapy, which would improve...

Receptors for Immune Defence

March 17, 2020
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Munich, Germany — Adaptive immunity is a powerful defense mechanism in vertebrates. A finely tuned interplay of different cell types provides a pathogen-specific immune response to eliminate for example...

Strong Signals Show How Proteins Come and Go

March 10, 2020
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Houston, TX — A novel system to amplify gene expression signals could be a game-changer for scientists who study the regulatory processes in cells that are central to all life. The Rice University...

Huge Bacteria-Eating Viruses Close Gap Between Life and Non-Life

February 13, 2020
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Berkeley, CA — Scientists have discovered hundreds of unusually large, bacteria-killing viruses with capabilities normally associated with living organisms, blurring the line between living microbes...

New Tumour-Driving Mutations Discovered in Under-Explored Regions of Cancer Genome

January 20, 2020
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Toronto, ON — In an unprecedented pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes, researchers at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) have discovered new regions of non-coding DNA that, when altered,...

Disruption of Glycine Receptors to Study Embryonic Development and Brain Function

December 19, 2019
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Jupiter, FL — Glycine receptors are one of the most widely distributed inhibitory receptors in the central nervous system and have important roles in a variety of physiological processes. Researchers...

Researchers Unlock Potential to Use CRISPR to Alter Microbiome

October 7, 2019
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London, ON — Researchers at Western University have developed a new way to deliver the DNA-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 into microorganisms in the lab, providing a way to efficiently launch a targeted...

New Crispr Class Expands Genetic Engineering Toolbox

September 25, 2019
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Durham, NC — Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used a previously unexplored CRISPR technology to accurately regulate and edit genomes in human cells. With this new approach, the researchers...

Novel Nanoparticles Deliver CRISPR Gene Editing Tools into Cell with Much Higher Efficiency

July 15, 2019
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Medford/Somerville, MA — A research collaboration between Tufts University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has led to the development of a significantly improved delivery mechanism for the CRISPR/Cas9...

Linking Phenotypes to Genotypes: Newly Devised Gene-Editing Strategy

July 9, 2019
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The power and convenience of modern-day word-processing programs, like Microsoft Word, have revolutionized our daily tasks. Need to create a quick resume for a new job opportunity? Procrastinating...

Researchers Find Cause of Rare, Fatal Disease That Turns Babies’ Lips and Skin Blue

June 19, 2019
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Cincinnati, OH — Scientists used a gene editing method called CRISPR/Cas9 to generate mice that faithfully mimic a fatal respiratory disorder in newborn infants that turns their lips and skin blue....

New Genetic Weapons Challenge Sickle Cell Disease

June 3, 2019
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Houston, TX — Help for patients with sickle cell disease may soon come from gene editing to fix the mutation that causes the disease and boost the patient’s own protective fetal haemoglobin. New...

Risk and Unnaturalness Cannot Justify EU’s Strict Policy on GMO, Research Concludes

April 24, 2019
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Copenhagen, Denmark — The EU’s policy on GMO is extremely strict and prevents new GMO crops from being authorized. The policy is based on arguments about the risk and unnaturalness of GMO plants...

Researchers Optimize Gene Editing for SCD and Beta Thalassemia

March 29, 2019
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Boston, MA — Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have developed a strategy to treat two of the most...

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