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Genetic Engineering

New Technology Designed to Genetically Control Disease-Spreading Mosquitoes

September 13, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Leveraging advancements in CRISPR-based genetic engineering, researchers at the University of California San Diego have created a new system that restrains populations of mosquitoes...

New ‘Split-Drive’ System Puts Scientists in the (Gene) Driver Seat

March 8, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Powerful new genetic engineering methods have given scientists the potential to revolutionize several sectors of global urgency. So-called gene drives, which leverage CRISPR technology...

Evolutionary Assimilation of Foreign DNA in a New Host

August 11, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — All life is subject to evolution in the form of mutations that change the DNA sequence of an organism’s offspring, after which natural selection allows the ‘fittest’...

Bacterial Therapy in a Dish

April 18, 2019
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New York, NY — Engineering bacteria to intelligently sense and respond to disease states, from infections to cancer, has become a promising focus of synthetic biology. Rapid advances in genetic engineering...

Engineered Genetic Machinery Derived from E. coli Delivers New Amino Acids to Proteins

August 6, 2018
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Chestnut Hill, MA — Proteins – the molecular machines that drive the processes underlying biology – are made from just 20 canonical building blocks called amino acids. For nearly two decades,...

First Step Toward New Bacteria-Based Constipation Treatment

June 14, 2018
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Rochester, MN — Genetically engineered bacteria are showing promise as a new treatment for constipation, researchers at the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine have discovered in a mouse...

Researchers Develop First Gene Drive Targeting Worldwide Crop Pest

April 18, 2018
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La Jolla, CA — Biologists at the University of California San Diego have developed a method of manipulating the genes of an agricultural pest that has invaded much of the United States and caused millions...

Important Step Towards Creating Temperature Resilient Crops, Adapted to Warmer Climate

February 13, 2018
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Norwich, UK – Breeding temperature-resilient crops is an “achievable dream” in one of the most important species of commercially-cultivated plants, according to a new study.

New Approach Eliminates ‘Dormant’ HIV-infected Cells

December 18, 2017
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Ottawa, Canada – Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa have discovered that the Maraba virus, or MG1, can target and destroy the kind of HIV-infected cells that standard...

Researchers Learn to Enhance Bacteria’s Ability to Form Genetic Memories

January 5, 2017
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New York, NY – Researchers have identified a mutation that prompts bacterial cells to acquire genetic memories 100 times more frequently than they do naturally. This discovery provides a powerful...

Promising Preliminary Results for Treating Niemann-Pick Disease with Gene Therapy

October 27, 2016
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Bethesda, MD – For the first time, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have demonstrated in mice that gene therapy may be the best method for correcting the single faulty gene...

New Technique Using ‘Honeycomb’ of Nanotubes Promises to Transform Genetic Engineering

April 7, 2016
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Rochester, NY — Researchers have developed a new and highly efficient method for gene transfer.

Genetically Engineered Maggots Could Help Human Wound Healing, Research Shows

March 23, 2016
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Raleigh, NC — In a proof-of-concept study, NC State University researchers show that genetically engineered green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) larvae can produce and secrete a human growth factor –...

New Device May Help Genetic Engineers by Speeding Up DNA Insertion Into Bacteria

February 19, 2016
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Cambridge, MA — A new microfluidic device developed by MIT engineers may help scientists quickly home in on the electric field ‘sweet spot’ — the range of electric potentials that...

Immunity Gene Fusions Uncovered in Plants, Providing New Tools to Improve Plant Disease Resistance

February 19, 2016
Kristina Popova

Norwich, UK — Researchers at The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) have surveyed immune genes across flowering plants and uncovered molecular ‘traps’ that plants use to...

Researchers Suggest Gene Drive Strategy to Combat Harmful Virus Spread

February 17, 2016
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Blacksburg, VA — With the outbreak of viruses like Zika, chikungunya, and dengue on the rise, public health officials are desperate to stop transmission.

New Tool Allows Researchers to Efficiently Validate Accuracy of CRISPR/Cas9 Reactions

February 5, 2016
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Daejeon, Korea — Researchers from the Institute for Basic Science create multiplex Digenome-seq to find errors in CRISPR-Cas9 processes.

Commercially Viable Method Found to Control CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing Process with RNA-Based Drugs

January 18, 2016
Kristina Popova

New York, NY — CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technique can be transiently activated and inactivated using RNA-based drugs, giving researchers more precise control in correcting and inactivating genes. In...

New Optoelectronic Probe Enables Communication with Neural Microcircuits

October 14, 2015
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Providence, RI — Researchers at the Brown University School of engineering have created a new type of optoelectronic implantable device to access brain microcircuits.

Researchers Create Nanovehicle to Deliver CRISPR-Cas9 Tools Into Cells

August 28, 2015
Kristina Popova

Raleigh, NC — Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have for the first time created and used a nanoscale vehicle made of DNA to deliver...

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