Medical advances and ethical dilemmas in human genome editing
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...
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...
A citizens' jury of people with personal experience of hereditary disease has voted in favour of asking the UK government to consider changing the law, to allow for genome editing of human embryos to address serious genetic disorders...
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...
by BioNews
Ahead of an imminent consultation on updating UK fertility law, and also the UK-hosted Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, watch this film of the PET event 'From AI to CRISPR'...
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A new deep-learning technology can design artificial proteins, called zinc fingers, to bind with any stretch of DNA in the human genome and modify gene expression...
A CRISPR-based form of genome editing that can replace entire genes may offer a new way to treat some genetic diseases...
A newly described CRISPR-associated protein can kill infected cells by cutting all types of DNA and RNA...
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