This Baby’s One-in-a-Million Genetic Disorder Had No Cure. So Scientists Designed One Just for Him
The first personalized CRISPR therapy saved a child’s life. Can it save others too?
Tag: CRISPR
The scientific reason behind the weight loss yo-yo effect: your body has a ‘fat memory’
As if weight loss wasn't hard enough, your body seems to have evolved a system that fights against weight changes.
Scientists Create Mice with Two Fathers in a Genetic Breakthrough That Could Save Endangered Species
Researchers use CRISPR to overcome seemingly insurmontable reproductive barriers — but that doesn't mean this could work for humans.
Slight genetic tweak can increase sugarcane yield by almost 20%
Researchers fine-tuned the leaf angle of sugarcane plants — and the results were striking.
Scientists find CRISPR-like system in animals: a new way to edit the genome
Move over, CRISPR. A new gene editing tool is in sight.
With new CRISPR method, gene editing in insects becomes piece of cake
Now a single approach could be used to edit genes in 1.5 million insect species.
A lab experiment shows that we could engineer malaria-carrying mosquitoes to kill themselves off
Not the kindest thing to do, probably, but it's still a cool idea.
Sugar just got a bit CRISPR: precise gene edits can improve sugarcane resilience, reduce its environmental impact
It was a sweet, sweet success.
How CRISPR could help us discover and treat rare cancers
Researchers found a way to use a bacterial DNA editing as a genetic scissors. We could now use this for ...
Scientists use gene editing on ‘elite males’ for better livestock breeding
The technique could improve livestock resilience against disease and enhance food production in an increasingly demanding world.
CRISPR coronavirus test can diagnose COVID-19 in 40 minutes rather than hours
An inexpensive new diagnosis tool for COVID-19 might be a game changer.
CRISPR gene-editing therapy inserted in the human body for the first time
The technology aims to treat a rare genetic disorder that causes blindness.
How CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing is set to change the world
Gene editing sounds super scary but its potential to improve our lives is immense. Is it worth the leap, though?
The world’s first gene-engineered reptiles are all albinos
No other team has successfully applied gene-editing techniques to reptiles.
Doctors use CRISPR technique for the first time to treat genetic disorder
It's time to put CRISPR to the test, but researchers are cautious.
Scientists treat first US patients with gene-edited cells
The powerful CRISPR is set to revolutionize medicine.
Scientists use CRISPR to breed albino anole lizards, finally extending the powerful tool to reptiles
There are over 10,000 reptiles but scientists haven't been able to use CRISPR on any of them -- until now.
Chip combining CRISPR and graphene can detect genetic mutations in minutes
The marriage of these two technologies can only mean something great is in store.
The rogue Chinese scientist who made the first gene-edited human babies could face death penalty
He Jiankui is currently confined to his home and under armed guard.
China pulls the plug on rogue scientist who genetically modified twin human babies
The whole odd affair is unprecedented.
Chinese scientists created the world’s first gene-edited babies
Against international best practices, researchers in China claim to have facilitated the birth of twin girls whose DNA had been ...
In a just a few years, scientists could domesticate the delicious ground cherry
They used CRISPR gene editing to take a shortcut around traditional plant domestication that can take up to thousands of ...
CRISPR was used to change a butterfly’s wing color
A switch from brown to yellow.
CRISPR gene editing might cause cancer — but scientists say we shouldn’t panic
Scientists say that media reactions so far have been exaggerated.
Making babies on Mars will be challenging and might even lead to a new species of humans
Are we ready for the biggest ethical challenges mankind has ever faced?
CRISPR-Cas9 scissors can cut through both DNA and RNA
CRISPR is more like a swiss army knife now.
How CRISPR gene editing is poised to change everything from medicine to ecosystems
CRISPR could be a massive game changer.
New CRISPR tools target RNA rather than DNA. They could fix ‘typos’ responsible for half of all genetic diseases
Scientists have sharpened CRISPR's scalpel.
Scientists create low-fat pigs by giving them a thermal regulation gene
At the very least, this is a testament to how far genetic editing has come.
Biologists find genetic master switch for the butterfly’s wing color
Only two genes code both the canvas and paintbrush for the intricate butterfly wing patterns.
CRISPR used for first time to change flower color in Japanese ornamental plant
A popular Japanese flower was used to demonstrate the power of CRISPR.
Scientists edit the first human embryos in the United States
It's further than anyone has ever gone with gene editing in the United States.
DARPA awards $65 million to make CRISPR safer, more efficient
Money well spent!
They’re everywhere on facebook, and now scientists have stored a GIF inside a living bacteria with the help of CRISPR
It's the first time CRISPR was used to store and retrieve media from DNA.
We’re entering a new age of genetic editing, as flurry of CRISPR trials already gear up
This could usher in a wondrous era for genetic science, but risks also loom nearby.
It’s not fun and games with CRISPR: the technique can induce hundreds of unwanted mutations
Even with over 1000 unexpected mutations, the mice seemed healthy and normal.
New gene-editing technology successfully cures genetic disorder in mice – and it’s not CRISPR
Researchers using a new genetic technique have successfully cured a genetic blood disorder in living mice, unlocking new possibilities for ...
Swedish scientists plan to edit the genes of healthy human embryos, treading on thin ice
They plan to cut genes out until they learn which are involved in miscarriages.
Scientists debate the implication of life-altering tools that can wipe out species to save others
Some technologies are moving too fast for our ethics to keep up.
This is the first meal made with gene-edited CRISPR ingredients
Still delicious.
Chinese scientists prepare for first human CRISPR gene-editing trial
The trial will alter T cells in an attempt to treat lung cancer patients.
Harvard team turns bacteria into living hard drives
Make your data evolve!
HIV took one of our best attempts at killing it, survived and became stronger in the process
They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and unfortunately, that seems to be the case for HIV viruses.
