CRISPR
Patients Favor Changing the Genes of the Next Generation with CRISPR
Posted in Medicine on 5th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
To the people actually facing a devastating inherited genetic disease, engineering humanity sounds like a really good thing.
Retinal nerve cells grown in the lab which could lead to cell transplants for blind people
Posted in Medicine on 4th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
A method to turn human stem cells into retinal ganglion cells, cells that transmit visual signals to the brain, has been discovered.
A safer way to do gene editing
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
Scientists say they have fine tuned a gene editing method to make it safer and more accurate, vital if it is to be used in humans to cure inherited diseases or inborn errors.
Editas will test CRISPR gene editing in humans in 2017
Posted in Science on 5th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
Editas CEO Katrine Bosley said the company hopes to start a clinical trial in 2017 to treat a rare form of blindness using CRISPR, a groundbreaking gene-editing technology.
A CRISPR variation that wont introduce new DNA to plants
Posted in Science on 25th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
Researchers have altered CRISPR so that it can knock out genes without introducing new ones. The modifications might not even qualify as genetically modified foods.