Editing the Softwareof Life, for Fameand Fortune

9 years, 9 months ago

Editing the Softwareof Life, for Fameand Fortune

Wired

Jennifer Doudna#### One lab spawned two startups hoping to dominate the booming world of genome editing. Doudna envisioned a world in which any scientist working with living organisms might use these proteins to make controlled cuts in a genome to modify its function. Along with her collaborators and students, Doudna demonstrated that a protein called cas9 could be engineered to easily cut through DNA at precise locations of the scientists’ choosing. In 2014 a group funded by Silicon Valley elites gave Jennifer Doudna and a collaborator, Switzerland-based Emmanuelle Charpentier, the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, along with $3 million each.

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How CRISPR can edit entire microbial populations in our gut

5 months, 3 weeks ago

How CRISPR can edit entire microbial populations in our gut

NPR

How CRISPR can edit entire microbial populations in our gut Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode Augmenting Humans. Jennifer Doudna's gene-editing technology CRISPR can now manipulate populations of microbes. Together with her collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier, Doudna has developed a technology called CRISPR-Cas9 that enables genome editing in any living cell. Web Resources Related TED Bio: Jennifer DoudnaRelated TED …

Jennifer Doudna Believes Crispr Is for Everyone

55 years, 2 months ago

Jennifer Doudna Believes Crispr Is for Everyone

Wired

It’s been a monumental year for Crispr, the molecular tool scientists use to edit genetic material. This November, the United Kingdom authorized the first medical treatment using Crispr gene editing, giving people with sickle cell disease new opportunities to receive a one-time therapy to prevent episodes of terrible pain. “It’s expensive,” Jennifer Doudna, the pioneering biochemist who won a Nobel …

Crispr Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Has the Guts to Take On the Microbiome

1 year, 6 months ago

Crispr Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Has the Guts to Take On the Microbiome

Wired

I see you, reader. This spring, the effort got a boost when UC Berkeley biochemist and gene-editing pioneer Jennifer Doudna, who won a Nobel Prize in 2020 for coinventing Crispr, joined the pursuit. Her first order of business, spearheaded by Berkeley’s Innovative Genomics Institute: fine-tuning our microbiome by genetically editing the microbes it contains while they’re still inside us to …

CRISPR Scientist's Biography Explores Ethics Of Rewriting The Code Of Life

4 years ago

CRISPR Scientist's Biography Explores Ethics Of Rewriting The Code Of Life

NPR

CRISPR Scientist's Biography Explores Ethics Of Rewriting The Code Of Life Enlarge this image toggle caption Nick Otto/The Washington Post via Getty Images Nick Otto/The Washington Post via Getty Images The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are the first vaccines to be activated by mRNA — and would not have been possible without the invention of the gene editing technology …

This year’s Nobel in Chemistry for a magical genetic tool: the CRISPR/Cas9 ‘scissors’

4 years, 4 months ago

This year’s Nobel in Chemistry for a magical genetic tool: the CRISPR/Cas9 ‘scissors’

The Hindu

THE citation for the year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry sounds rather trite, merely saying that the prize was awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing”. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, they said, had discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools—the CRISPR/Cas9 “genetic scissors”—which researchers can use to change the …

Why the Gene Editors of Tomorrow Need to Study Ethics Today

6 years, 6 months ago

Why the Gene Editors of Tomorrow Need to Study Ethics Today

Wired

Two years after biochemist Jennifer Doudna helped introduce the world to the gene-editing tool known as Crispr, a 14-year-old from New Jersey turned it loose on a petri dish full of lung cancer cells, disrupting their ability to multiply. “In high school, I was all on the Crispr bandwagon,” says Jiwoo Lee, who won top awards at the 2016 Intel …

Crispr Creator Jennifer Doudna on the Promises—and Pitfalls—of Easy Genetic Modification

7 years, 10 months ago

Crispr Creator Jennifer Doudna on the Promises—and Pitfalls—of Easy Genetic Modification

Wired

For $150, you can buy a Crispr kit online and use it to engineer heartier gut bacteria in your kitchen. Easy genetic modification could mean cures for cancer, kitty-sized pigs, and, yes, designer babies. Perfect children The prospect of editing human embryos to make people super athletic and acne-free is disturbing, Doudna says. Crispr could also allow the creation of …

Crispr: Breakthrough announced in technique of 'editing' DNA to fight off deadly illnesses

9 years, 8 months ago

Crispr: Breakthrough announced in technique of 'editing' DNA to fight off deadly illnesses

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr Marson and his colleagues used the Crispr gene-editing technique to cut and splice fragments …

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The controversial scientist He Jiankui hasn’t given up on gene-edited babies

1 month ago

The controversial scientist He Jiankui hasn’t given up on gene-edited babies

The Economist

T he world was shocked in 2018 when He Jiankui, a Chinese biophysicist, announced that he had helped to produce two girls whose genetic code he had edited when they had been embryos. Scientists around the world condemned the work as wildly premature and possibly dangerous—the Chinese authorities agreed and Dr He was imprisoned for three years. And he still …

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South Africa amended its research guidelines to allow for heritable human genome editing

4 months, 1 week ago

South Africa amended its research guidelines to allow for heritable human genome editing

Raw Story

A little-noticed change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines, published in May of this year, has put the country on an ethical precipice. Alignment with the law Further, there is a significant problem with the seemingly permissive stance on heritable human genome editing entrenched in these research guidelines. Ethical concerns The question that concerns us is: why are South …

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Ethical guideline issued for genome editing

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ethical guideline issued for genome editing

China Daily

China has issued a set of ethical rules on human genome editing, reiterating a strict ban on altering germ cells and embryos and clarifying standard ethical practices for gene editing research. "At present, any clinical research involving germline genome editing is irresponsible and not permitted," it said. Regarding clinical research involving genome editing of somatic cells — which are cells …

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Guideline sets ethical rules for human genome editing research

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Guideline sets ethical rules for human genome editing research

China Daily

China on Wednesday released a guideline that lays out a set of ethical rules for human genome editing research. Regarding clinical research involving genome editing of somatic cells — which are cells in the body other than sperm and egg cells, it said that such research should be aimed at preventing or treating diseases and should be carried out after …

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New AI creates molecules not found in nature that can CHANGE human genes to cure even the rarest of diseases

11 months ago

New AI creates molecules not found in nature that can CHANGE human genes to cure even the rarest of diseases

Daily Mail

AI is used to compose music, suggests recipes and make investment decisions, but a company has designed a system that can edit human genes. The AI was trained on a database of 5.1 million CRISPR-associated proteins, allowing it to create potential molecules that could be used in gene editing ‘Attempting to edit human DNA with an AI-designed biological system was …

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With CRISPR poised to revolutionise therapy, a pause to consider ethical issues

1 year, 1 month ago

With CRISPR poised to revolutionise therapy, a pause to consider ethical issues

The Hindu

“We will each write a ghost story”, said Lord Byron; and his proposition was acceded to. With the first gene editing technology securing approval for the treatment of sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia, we transcend into a new revolutionary phase. Casgevy and Lyfgenia, the two cell-based gene therapies approved by the Food and Drug Administration for sickle cell anemia treatment …

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Gene Editing Needs to Be for Everyone

1 year, 2 months ago

Gene Editing Needs to Be for Everyone

Wired

At the end of 2023, we witnessed an important moment in the history of medicine: For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a therapy that uses Crispr gene editing. This new therapy was developed by Crispr Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals to treat sickle cell disease, an ailment caused by a single-letter mutation in the genetic code …

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How can gene editing help cure diseases? | In Focus podcast

1 year, 3 months ago

How can gene editing help cure diseases? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu

This month, there’s been a lot of excitement in the medical world over the approval given to treatments for diseases that based on genome editing. In 2020, the Nobel Prize for Chemistry was given to two women scientists, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for their discovery of what is essentially a genetic scissors, a tool that allows scientists to cut …

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Researchers link death in gene-editing study to a virus used to deliver the treatment, not CRISPR

1 year, 9 months ago

Researchers link death in gene-editing study to a virus used to deliver the treatment, not CRISPR

Associated Press

The lone volunteer in a gene-editing study targeting a rare form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy likely died after having a reaction to the virus that delivered the therapy in his body, researchers concluded in an early study. But researchers said the virus — one used to carry treatment into the body because it doesn’t usually make people sick — combined …

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Researchers link death in gene-editing study to a virus used to deliver the treatment, not CRISPR

1 year, 9 months ago

Researchers link death in gene-editing study to a virus used to deliver the treatment, not CRISPR

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The lone volunteer in a …

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For man behind gene-edited babies, a rocky return to science

2 years, 1 month ago

For man behind gene-edited babies, a rocky return to science

Associated Press

Five years ago, scientist He Jiankui shocked his peers and the world with claims that he created the first genetically edited babies. Given He’s ambition,“I wouldn’t be surprised that a few years down the line if the opportunity arises, that he would go back” to that sort of work, said Dr. Samira Kiani, a genetic engineer and researcher at the …

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Documentary spurs a new look at the case of the first gene-edited babies

2 years, 3 months ago

Documentary spurs a new look at the case of the first gene-edited babies

Salon

In the four years since an experiment by disgraced scientist He Jiankui resulted in the birth of the first babies with edited genes, numerous articles, books and international commissions have reflected on whether and how heritable genome editing – that is, modifying genes that will be passed on to the next generation – should proceed. Creation of the 'CRISPR babies' …

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How AI is Revolutionizing Drug Development

55 years, 2 months ago

How AI is Revolutionizing Drug Development

Wired

It costs an estimated $2.6B to bring a single molecule to market, of which 90 percent fail clinical studies. During this briefing, WIRED’s deputy global editorial director, Greg Williams spoke with Professor Yaakov Nahmias, founder of Tissue Dynamics, regarding the future of drug development and how it is dramatically increasing clinical success rates by using sensor-driven discovery. During a clinical …

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A Bold Effort to Cure HIV—Using Crispr

2 years, 5 months ago

A Bold Effort to Cure HIV—Using Crispr

Wired

In July, an HIV-positive man became the first volunteer in a clinical trial aimed at using Crispr gene editing to snip the AIDS-causing virus out of his cells. “What we’re trying to do is return the cell to a near-normal state,” says Daniel Dornbusch, CEO of Excision BioTherapeutics, the San Francisco-based biotech company that’s running the trial. “HIV is a …

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NASA Astronauts Used CRISPR Gene Editing Technology For the First Time in Space

3 years, 8 months ago

NASA Astronauts Used CRISPR Gene Editing Technology For the First Time in Space

News 18

For human beings, going to space may seem the most exciting thing, but our bodies do not enjoy it that much. However, previous research has found that how cells pick a particular repair strategy can be influenced by the microgravity conditions in space. To study the DNA repair process in space, scientists have developed a new technique that uses CRISPR/Cas9 …

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Plumbing the ‘dark’ genome for new genes

4 years, 1 month ago

Plumbing the ‘dark’ genome for new genes

The Hindu

On June 26, 2000, former U.S. President, Bill Clinton, announced the completion of a draft sequence of the human genome, a historic landmark for genetic research. The Human Genome Project helped map our genes, strengthened the study of human diseases and aided new drug discovery. In the last seven years, the team extensively studied the human genome and has now …

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New CRISPR tech can revolutionise gene therapy, renew hope for treating genetic diseases

4 years, 1 month ago

New CRISPR tech can revolutionise gene therapy, renew hope for treating genetic diseases

Firstpost

The day a muddled mob stormed the US Capitol building, a team of American researchers published a paper in Nature that signified a landmark in gene therapy. The head of the US National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins had joined forces with Harvard University professor David Liu and others to tackle progeria, a genetic disorder that causes children to age …

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Gene-editing treatment shows promise for sickle cell disease

4 years, 3 months ago

Gene-editing treatment shows promise for sickle cell disease

Associated Press

Scientists are seeing promising early results from the first studies testing gene editing for painful, inherited blood disorders that plague millions worldwide, especially Black people. Doctors hope the one-time treatment, which involves permanently altering DNA in blood cells with a tool called CRISPR, may treat and possibly cure sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia. In sickle cell, defective hemoglobin leads …

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Hackers can trick scientists into creating deadly viruses

4 years, 3 months ago

Hackers can trick scientists into creating deadly viruses

The Hindu

A new type of cyberattack on DNA synthesis could trick scientists into creating dangerous viruses and toxins. Researchers at the Israel-based Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in a study titled, ‘Cyberbiosecurity: Remote DNA Injection Threat in Synthetic Biology’, published in Nature Biotechnology, highlighted the potential dangers of this biohacking techniques. “As cybersecurity becomes an increasing concern across all business sectors, …

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CRISPR gene editing can cause unwanted changes in human embryos, study finds

4 years, 4 months ago

CRISPR gene editing can cause unwanted changes in human embryos, study finds

Firstpost

Instead of addressing genetic mutations, the CRISPR-Cas9 technology appeared to wreak genetic havoc in about half the specimens that the researchers examined A powerful gene-editing tool called CRISPR-Cas9, which this month nabbed the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for two female scientists, can cause serious side effects in the cells of human embryos, prompting them to discard large chunks of their …

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Gene editing, the good first and then the worries

4 years, 5 months ago

Gene editing, the good first and then the worries

The Hindu

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2020 which was announced on October 7, Wednesday, has two women scientists as its recipients. Emmanuelle Charpentier, a French microbiologist working at the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin, Germany, and Jennifer A. Doudna, a biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, U.S. shared the honour “for the development of …

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The Hindu Explains | How does a genome editing tool developed by two women scientists help in tackling diseases?

4 years, 5 months ago

The Hindu Explains | How does a genome editing tool developed by two women scientists help in tackling diseases?

The Hindu

The story so far : The 2020 Nobel Prizes for sciences announced this week made history of sorts when one of it was exclusively shared by two women. Scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier bagged the Nobel Prize for Chemistry “for the development of a method for genome editing”. The discovery of “one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 …

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Scissoring the DNA: The Hindu Editorial on 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

4 years, 5 months ago

Scissoring the DNA: The Hindu Editorial on 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

The Hindu

That scientists who pioneered the revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology, the biggest game-changer in biology in recent years, will win the Nobel Prize was never in doubt; it was only a question of when and who would get recognised for the work done to develop the tool. Teaming with Dr. Doudna, she recreated the bacteria’s genetic scissors in a test tube …

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to two women scientists for their work on genome editing

4 years, 5 months ago

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to two women scientists for their work on genome editing

Firstpost

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded Wednesday to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for their 2012 work on CRISPR-Cas9, a method to edit DNA. “I am thrilled to see CRISPR-Cas getting the recognition we have all been waiting for, and seeing two women being recognized as Nobel Laureates.” CRISPR has also become one of the most controversial …

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Nobel winning women hope to inspire a new generation of scientists

4 years, 5 months ago

Nobel winning women hope to inspire a new generation of scientists

Live Mint

On hearing that they had been awarded a Nobel Chemistry Prize for their groundbreaking work on gene-editing Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier said they hoped it would inspire a new generation of women in science. "I absolutely agree that both Charpentier and Ghez will be role models for young women in Science because then it becomes more 'normal' to see …

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Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna Lost a Patent in 2017. It Won Them a Nobel Prize Today

4 years, 5 months ago

Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna Lost a Patent in 2017. It Won Them a Nobel Prize Today

News 18

Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the United States won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for developing the gene-editing technique known as the CRISPR-Cas9 DNA snipping “scissors”, on Wednesday. The strangest thing about the win so far about the CRISPR is that back in 2017, Charpentier and Doudna lost the legal battle for the patent of it – which …

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Explained: 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

4 years, 5 months ago

Explained: 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Hindu

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for discovering one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Using components of the CRISPR system, researchers can add, remove, or even alter specific DNA sequences. Emmanuelle Charpentier who was studying a bacteria called Streptococcus pyogenes, noticed a previously unknown molecule called tracrRNA. Further studies …

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Crispr: What is genome editing? All you need to know about Nobel-winning controversial technology

4 years, 5 months ago

Crispr: What is genome editing? All you need to know about Nobel-winning controversial technology

India Today

Two women -- Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna -- were awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry by the Nobel Committee on Wednesday. The duo received the Nobel Prize in chemistry award for developing a method of genome editing, or gene editing, likened to "molecular scissors" that offers the promise of one day curing inherited diseases and even cancer. A …

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Two women win Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on CRISPR gene-editing system

4 years, 5 months ago

Two women win Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on CRISPR gene-editing system

LA Times

Emmanuelle Charpentier, left, and Jennifer A. Doudna, together won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Oct. 7, 2020, for their work on the CRISPR gene-editing tool. Two women from different continents who met at a cafe in Puerto Rico were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their pioneering work on CRISPR, a gene-editing tool that gives scientists the …

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for CRISPR genome editing to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna

4 years, 5 months ago

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for CRISPR genome editing to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna

CNN

CNN — The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the development of a method for genome editing. Charpentier said at a Wednesday news conference that she hoped the win sent a “positive message to the young girls who would like to follow the path of science, and to show them that …

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Too Soon to Give Green Signal to Techniques of Genome Editing for Human Embryo, Say Scientists

4 years, 6 months ago

Too Soon to Give Green Signal to Techniques of Genome Editing for Human Embryo, Say Scientists

News 18

Techniques to genetically-edit human embryos should not be used until they are proved to be reliable and safe, an international commission said Thursday, in the wake of a scandal over gene-modified babies in China two years ago. Experts from the commission of the US National Academy of Medicine, US National Academy of Sciences, and Britain’s Royal Society said heritable genome …

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Still too soon to try altering human embryo DNA, panel says

4 years, 6 months ago

Still too soon to try altering human embryo DNA, panel says

Associated Press

It’s still too soon to try to make genetically edited babies because the science isn’t advanced enough to ensure safety, says an international panel of experts who also mapped a pathway for any countries that want to consider it. If drugs or gene therapy after birth can treat a disease, “then it doesn’t make sense to me to layer the …

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Review: The biotech doc ‘Human Nature’ offers both hope — and caution

5 years ago

Review: The biotech doc ‘Human Nature’ offers both hope — and caution

LA Times

Some days, the miracles of biotech and gene therapy feel like “Brave New World” is around the corner, and other days — like these very days — their promise and power can’t come fast enough. The cloud of viral uncertainty we’re currently in makes Adam Bolt’s science documentary “Human Nature” an intriguing, mind-tingling watch as it tells the underreported story …

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Never-seen-before extracts from 'outrageous' research of disgraced scientist He Jiankui

5 years, 3 months ago

Never-seen-before extracts from 'outrageous' research of disgraced scientist He Jiankui

Daily Mail

He Jiankui, the disgraced scientist who was internationally condemned for gene-editing twin girls, may have put the health of the children at risk by adding unintended mutations into their genetic code. Dr Vassena adds: 'The idea that editing-derived embryos may one day be able to 'control the HIV epidemic,' as the authors claim, is preposterous. 'It's almost like not editing …

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Molecular Scissors Could Help Keep Some Viral Illnesses At Bay

5 years, 4 months ago

Molecular Scissors Could Help Keep Some Viral Illnesses At Bay

NPR

Molecular Scissors Could Help Keep Some Viral Illnesses At Bay Enlarge this image Susanna M. Hamilton/Broad Communications Susanna M. Hamilton/Broad Communications It's not easy to treat viral infections. Sponsor Message What's different is that the antiviral approach researchers at the Broad Institute in Cambridge are using involves a form of CRISPR called Cas13 that targets specific regions of RNA, not …

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Scientists Create New, More Powerful Technique To Edit Genes

5 years, 5 months ago

Scientists Create New, More Powerful Technique To Edit Genes

NPR

Scientists Create New, More Powerful Technique To Edit Genes Scientists have created a new way to edit DNA that appears to make it even easier to precisely and safely re-write genes. "It's proven difficult to use these molecular scissors to make precise DNA changes in most cell types," says David Liu, a biologist at Harvard, MIT and the Broad Institute …

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Cervical cancer 'cure' closer with gene-editing breakthrough, scientists say

5 years, 5 months ago

Cervical cancer 'cure' closer with gene-editing breakthrough, scientists say

ABC

Queensland researchers are hailing a world-first "cure" for cervical cancer, having killed off tumours in mice using CRISPR gene-editing technology. Key points: Scientists say all the treated mice had a 100 per cent survival rate The Griffith University scientists are working towards performing human trials of the gene therapy in the next five years Researchers say the breakthrough means other …

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CRISPR Gene Editing May Offer Path To Cure For HIV, First Published Report Shows

5 years, 6 months ago

CRISPR Gene Editing May Offer Path To Cure For HIV, First Published Report Shows

NPR

CRISPR Gene Editing May Offer Path To Cure For HIV, First Published Report Shows Enlarge this image MOLEKUUL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images/Science Photo Libra MOLEKUUL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images/Science Photo Libra There's been a lot of excitement lately that the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR could offer a new way to treat health problems ranging from cancer to blindness. Chinese scientists have published …

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The World Health Organization Says No More Gene-Edited Babies

55 years, 2 months ago

The World Health Organization Says No More Gene-Edited Babies

Wired

The world’s largest public health authority has weighed in with the most authoritative statement yet on the use of Crispr to alter the DNA of human babies. Eight months after a rogue Chinese scientist revealed he had secretly created the world’s first gene-edited children, the World Health Organization is asking countries to put a stop to any experiments that would …

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HIV cure using gene editing shows promise in animal testing

5 years, 8 months ago

HIV cure using gene editing shows promise in animal testing

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Clinical trials for the gene-editing component of the cure could start as early as next …

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For the first time, researchers use gene editing to cure mice of HIV

5 years, 8 months ago

For the first time, researchers use gene editing to cure mice of HIV

Salon

For the first time in history, researchers have successfully eliminated HIV from infected mice DNA. In a study published on Tuesday in Nature Communications, researchers reported a potential new way to cure HIV, a disease that affects an estimated 1.1 million people in the United States. Fortunately, life expectancy for those living with AIDS has greatly improved over the last …

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Scientists asked disgraced Chinese scientist He Jiankui for help gene-editing human embryos

5 years, 10 months ago

Scientists asked disgraced Chinese scientist He Jiankui for help gene-editing human embryos

Daily Mail

A fertility clinic in Dubai asked disgraced scientist He Jiankui for help in controversial experiments modifying the genes of human embryos. Jennifer Doudna, a University of California, Berkeley, co-inventor of the CRISPR gene-editing tool that He Jiankui used, said that she has heard of others who want to edit embryos William Hurlbut of Stanford University speaks to reporters during the …

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Using gene editing to create virus-resistant plants could backfire say researchers

5 years, 11 months ago

Using gene editing to create virus-resistant plants could backfire say researchers

Firstpost

Using gene-editing tools to create virus-resistant plants may have an unintended consequence of propagating of mutated viruses, according to scientists including one of Indian origin. Researchers at the University of Alberta in Canada and the University of Liege in Belgium attempted to genetically engineer cassava plants to fight off viruses. For the study, published in the journal Genome Biology, the …

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CRISPR will bring huge shifts to agriculture, food sectors in next 5 years says founder

5 years, 11 months ago

CRISPR will bring huge shifts to agriculture, food sectors in next 5 years says founder

Firstpost

Gene editing technology CRISPR has found itself in the news a whole lot since it was first invented and used in living systems in 2012 and 2013, respectively. “In the next five years, the most profound thing we’ll see in terms of CRISPR’s effects on everyday lives will be in the agricultural sector,” she told Business Insider. Memphis Meats, a …

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CRISPR used to treat two human cancer patients for the first time in UPenn study

5 years, 11 months ago

CRISPR used to treat two human cancer patients for the first time in UPenn study

Firstpost

Gene-editing technology CRISPR is finally moving out laboratories and into clinical settings around the world. Three years after have passed since the National Institute of Health gave a research team at the University of Pennsylvania the green-light to begin trials for gene-editing technology CRISPR in humans. Researchers at UPenn have used CRISPR to treat two cancer patients so far, the …

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