gene editing

AI Plus Gene Editing Promises to Shift Biotech Into High Gear

Posted in Science on 23rd Jul, 2024
by Alex Muller

Significant advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and gene editing technologies are revolutionizing the ability to compose DNA and create bespoke proteins.

'Breakthrough' CRISPR Treatment Slashes Cholesterol In First Human Clinical Trial

Posted in Medicine, Science on 24th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller

For these treatments, scientists extract immune cells or blood cells from the body, edit the cells using CRISPR to correct the genetic mistake, and reinfuse the treated cells into the patient.

New research advances understanding of cancer risk in gene therapies

Posted in Medicine on 20th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller

The gene therapy treatment itself is not the likely cause of new DNA mutations in blood stem cells.

Using CRISPR to reverse retinitis pigmentosa and restore visual function

Posted in Medicine on 22nd Apr, 2017
by Alex Muller

In mouse models, advanced gene editing tool reprogrammed photoreceptor rods to mutation-resistant cones

Gene Editing could destroy latent viruses in the human body like herpes

Posted in Medicine on 2nd Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

Herpes viruses can be implicated in blindness, birth defects and even cancer, and as yet, we cant rid ourselves of them.