CRISPR Opens Up New Possibilities for Transplants Using Pig Organs – MIT Technology Review
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CRISPR Opens Up New Possibilities for Transplants Using Pig Organs
MIT Technology Review Using the gene-editing tool CRISPR, Yang and her team were able to disable all 25 copies of the viruses in pig embryos. They then implanted the embryos into female pigs, which gave birth to piglets that didn’t harbor the viruses. The company has … CRISPR makes piglets that may be better organ donors for humansNew Scientist CRISPR slices virus genes out of pigs, but will it make organ transplants to humans safer?Science Magazine Birth of CRISPR‘d pigs advances hopes for turning swine into organ donorsSTAT Business Insider –The Verge –Newsweek all 22 news articles » |
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OncoBreak: Immunotherapy Resistance; Cancer and Opioids; Awkward Moment
MedPage Today Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) had an awkward on-air moment when he suggested that Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) brain tumor might have influenced McCain’s vote against the Senate plan for a “skinny repeal” of Obamacare. Johnson then quickly backtracked … |
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Mutant ants are created in a world first: Scientists use controversial CRISPR gene-editing technology to change the …
Daily Mail In a world-first, scientists have genetically engineered ants to lack their sense of smell, affecting the animals’ ability to communicate. Scientists used the controversial CRISPR technology to disrupt the ants’ ability to communicate, forage or … Researchers use CRISPR to manipulate social behavior in antsPhys.Org Scientists create the first mutant antsWashington Post First mutant ants shed light on evolution of social behaviorThe Rockefeller University Newswire |
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Scientists create the first mutant ants
Washington Post Using the CRISPR-Cas9 technique, with bacterial molecules acting like scissors to snip out genes, the scientists knocked out a crucial component of the ant’s odor receptors. Pheromones, the odors by which ants communicate, are their social medium. |