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Researchers find algorithm to better CRISPR gene editing
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 10 (ANI): While researchers had first engineered CRISPR as a gene-editing technology for bacterial, plant, animal and human cells it eventually became a Nobel prize-winning revolution. The technology's potential spans from curing genetically disposed diseases to applica
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Gene editing useful in climate-proofing global food supplies, reveals stud
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 1 (ANI): The findings of a recent study by scientists from The University of Queensland suggests that gene-editing technology is going to play a vital role in climate-proofing future crops in order to protect global food supplies.
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CRISPR could turn genes on and off with help of nanobodies
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington (US), February 25 (ANI): Researchers from Stanford during an experimental combo designed to extend the efficacy of two promising molecular tools, attached biological nanobodies to the CRISPR DNA editing tool. The genetic tool, CRISPR has been likened to molecular scissors for its
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Gene editing techniques helpful in retinal degeneration treatment
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 23 (ANI): A new study has found that gene-editing techniques like CRISPR-Cas hold the power to rectify inherited retinal degenerative mutations, which are the primary cause of blindness.
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Study highlights genome altering can help to treat human retinal degenerat
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 20 (ANI): A study published in journal Human Gene Therapy shows that gene editing therapies, including CRISPR-Cas frameworks, offer the possibility to address transformations causing inherited retinal degenerations, a leading cause of blindness.
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India, A Prominent Player in the APAC Gene Editing Market
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): In the history of Nobel prizes, it's been awarded to 57 women 58 times, with Marie Curie being awarded twice.
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Chinese scientist who created gene-edited babies last year jailed for 3 ye
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Dec 30 (ANI): He Jiankui, the Chinese researcher who had shocked the global scientific community with his first genetically edited babies last year, was on Monday sentenced to three years in prison for carrying out "illegal medical practices."
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No sound scientific reason to perform CRISPR on babies, say scientists
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
California [USA], May 2 (ANI): Chinese scientist, Jiankui He, tested gene-editing tool CRISPR on human embryos, resulting in what is called as the world's first twins with human-modified genes.
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US researchers begin CRISPR gene editing trials on humans
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Philadelphia [USA], April 17 (ANI): The first human trials of the controversial gene editing technology called CRISPR, has officially started in the US.
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CRISPR twins may be the first humans with ‘accidentally’ enhanced brains
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Cambridge [USA], February 22 (ANI): Chinese twins, named Lulu and Nana, had their genes altered before birth with gene-editing tool called CRISPR in order to make them immune to acquiring HIV that causes AIDS. Now, scientists believe that the twin girls, born last year, may have had their co
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Researchers find new screening tool for Parkinson's disease
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 6 (ANI): According to a new study, researchers are using breakthrough gene-editing technology to develop a new screening tool for Parkinson's disease, a debilitating degenerative disorder of the nervous system.
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Gene editing can complement traditional food-animal improvements
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 19 (ANI): To boost sustainability of livestock production, a study finds that gene editing - one of the newest and most promising tools of biotechnology - enables animal breeders to make beneficial genetic changes, without bringing along unwanted genetic changes.
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