Organoid models of paediatric liver cancer developed
Model livers, which contain cells that are genetically identical to tumour cells, have been developed to study a rare paediatric liver cancer...
A genome-editing platform that uses an enzyme (Cas9) to make a double-stranded break at a specific location in the genome, directed by a guide RNA.
Model livers, which contain cells that are genetically identical to tumour cells, have been developed to study a rare paediatric liver cancer...
A gene responsible for sperm creation in humans and other mammals, has been identified as key to male fertility and a potential target for the development of male-controlled contraception...
A technique commonly used to amplify minute quantities of DNA to allow genetic testing of early human embryos has been shown to be error-prone. Potentially harmful unintended mutations in genome-edited embryos were also found...
A new machine learning tool has been developed to help measure the efficiency of a specific type of genome editing, and identify what affects the rate of insertion of a genetic sequence...
Dr He Jiankui, a Chinese biophysicist, has refused to speak about his work creating the world's first genome-edited babies...
This book aims to link medical genetics and the law, and hopes to educate readers in all aspects of genetics that are of current relevance, and to indicate potential problems in the present and in the future. Here is Dr Eleanor Taylor's review of the book...
A newly described CRISPR-associated protein can kill infected cells by cutting all types of DNA and RNA...
Mouse heart cells, genetically modified after a heart attack, recovered from the damage caused...
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