GIANT makes short work of height gene discovery
A recent large-scale study that discovered 83 rare genes related to human height reveals the power of so-called genome-wide association studies...
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Insertion
The addition of one or more nucleotide base pairs into a DNA sequence. Insertions into the coding region of gene (insertion mutations) often stop the gene working.
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Gene therapy halts early Alzheimer's disease in mice
A new gene therapy has slowed the progress of early Alzheimer's disease in mice...
CRISPR success in repairing sickle-cell anaemia mutation
Researchers have used the CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing technique to correct the mutation that causes sickle-cell anaemia...
NIH to lift moratorium on human—animal chimera research
The US National Institutes of Health is considering lifting a ban on the funding of research to create human-animal 'chimeras' and replacing it with an ethical review process...
Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA mismatch may impact ageing
The interaction between mitochondrial and nuclear DNA may have implications for health, metabolism and ageing, according to a new study...
CRISPR cancer therapy trial gets go-ahead in US
The first in-human use of the genome-editing technology CRISPR has been approved by a US federal safety board...
MIT CRISPR team turn to RNA
The team that developed the CRISPR/Cas9 DNA-editing technique have now developed a new system that could allow RNA editing...
Second gene therapy wins approval in Europe
The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for a gene therapy to treat children with an extremely rare, life-threatening genetic disorder...
Gene therapy given green light in Europe
A gene therapy for children with a rare but life-threatening genetic disorder that severely weakens the immune system has been recommended for approval by the European Medicines Agency...
Genome editing and CRISPR: The science of engineering the embryo
We report from the third session of the annual conference of the Progress Educational Trust, titled 'Genome Editing and CRISPR: The Science of Engineering the Embryo', which discussed these new technologies and how they might be used in the future...