Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing

To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to ...
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CRISPR gene editing reshaping medicine, offering hope for genetic diseases

Dhaka, July 7 -- CRISPR technology is transforming modern medicine by enabling precise DNA editing to treat genetic disorders, including sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia, experts say. CRISPR, ...
Medscape

CRISPR Used to Silence Crucial Hepatitis B Gene

The CRISPR gene-editing tool can be used to silence an important hepatitis B virus gene, a proof-of-concept in vitro study suggests. "It's the first time we've seen CRISPR editing done in a hepatitis ...

CRISPR-based platform shines a brighter light on the link between cells and disease

For years, Yale researchers David Breslow and Mustafa Khokha have worked together with a similar challenge in their ...
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“CRISPR Meets GPT” to Supercharge Gene Editing

CRISPR has taken the bioengineering world by storm since its first introduction. From treating sickle cell diseases to creating disease-resistant crops, the technology continues to boast success on ...
New York Post

Could Down syndrome be eliminated? Scientists say cutting-edge gene editing tool could cut out extra chromosome

Cutting-edge gene editing technology could eradicate Down syndrome, according to Japanese scientists. Down syndrome, which causes a range of developmental differences and affects 1 in 700 newborns in ...
The Scientist

CRISPR-GPT Turns Novice Scientists into Gene Editing Experts

CRISPR technology has revolutionized biology, largely because of its simplicity compared to previous gene editing techniques. However, it still takes weeks to learn, design, perform, and analyze ...
Healio

CRISPR gene-editing therapy may benefit patients with amyloidosis, polyneuropathy

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A CRISPR-Cas9-based therapy reduced transthyretin levels in patients with hereditary amyloidosis and ...
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Scalable CRISPR-Based Gene Editing Improves Tomato Crop Traits

In a study published in Nature Communications titled “Construction of multi-targeted CRISPR libraries in tomato to overcome functional redundancy at genome-scale level,” researchers from Tel Aviv ...

ChristianaCare Gene Editing Institute Achieves CRISPR Breakthrough That Reverses Chemotherapy Resistance in Lung Cancer

In a major step forward for cancer care, researchers at ChristianaCare's Gene Editing Institute have shown that disabling the NRF2 gene with CRISPR technology can reverse chemotherapy resistance in ...
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Gene editing: Feeding the future or fuelling controversy?

Gene-editing techniques such as CRISPR-Cas9 have many uses in the area of food and agriculture. They can combat persistent drought and disease, and improve the colour and nutritional content of food ...