US regulator weighs up CRISPR cancer therapy trial
A US federal safety board is set to review an application for the first in-human use of CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing technology to treat cancer...
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Image by Matthew Daniels via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts human cells, showing the stages of cell division.
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US lab attempting to grow pig embryos with human pancreases
Scientists have used CRISPR to create part-pig, part-human embryos in an attempt to grow human organs for transplant...
TV Review: Panorama — Medicine's Big Breakthrough: Editing Your Genes
Over just 30 minutes Fergus Walsh has a lot of ground to cover here without even touching on the ethical debate. Yet, while gene editing may have 'just been made simple', how we respond to these stunning advances is anything but...
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...
CRISPR boosts cheap Zika test
Researchers have developed a quick and cheap 'paper-based' test that uses CRISPR to detect the Zika virus...
Stem cell scientists issue new guidelines to cover embryo editing
An international body representing stem cell scientists has included human genome editing in its updated guidance on the manipulation of stem cells and their use in therapy...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
CRISPR upgrade promises single-letter gene editing
Scientists have fine tuned the genome editing tool CRISPR so that it can now edit a single 'letter' of DNA...
CRISPR can't cut it against HIV
Scientists testing whether the CRISPR genome-editing technique could effectively kill HIV in infected cells have found that, while the approach works in most cases, it can also cement the virus's presence...
Identity, disability and the genome
My research on families living with the genetic disorder Spinal Muscular Atrophy calls into question some of the assumptions underlying the belief that genetic disease is, inherently and by its very definition, a trait to be avoided...
Second Chinese team create genetically modified human embryos
A second team in China report that they have created genetically modified human embryos, in an attempt to make them resistant to HIV, using the genome-editing technique CRISPR/Cas9...