Embryos fail to repair DNA following CRISPR/Cas9-based editing
Cells in early human embryos are unable to effectively repair the double-stranded DNA breaks made during CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing...
by Hannah Flynn
Cells in early human embryos are unable to effectively repair the double-stranded DNA breaks made during CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing...
by Farah Alam
Remission has been seen in patients with treatment-resistant leukaemia in the world's first phase 1 clinical trial for 'base-editing' therapy...
by Catherine Turnbull and 1 others
A novel CRISPR-based gene therapy has been shown to reduce the level of antibiotic resistant E. coli within the gastrointestinal tract...
China recently updated its regulation on human genome editing, a positive outcome after Dr He Jiankui created the world's first genome-edited babies. However, do these regulations go far enough?...
A chemically-modified DNA enzyme can be used to 'silence' a harmful gene mutation found in many types of cancers...
by Rebecca Robb
After virtually attending the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, Rebecca Robb revisits some of its most interesting parts in an episode from the Economist's podcast, Babbage...
by Rebecca Robb
Australian student, Rebecca Robb, attended the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing online. Read her views here...
The latest genome editing approaches and treatments, as well as ethical issues and equitable access, were discussed at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing...
Concerted regulation of human genome editing technologies and their applications is still needed, was the consensus at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing...
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...
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