CRISPR Applications in Plants – Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
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CRISPR Applications in Plants
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News At the Plant and Animal Genomics Conference held recently in San Diego, a topic of great interest was applications of the CRIPSR/Cas9 system to plants. One brilliant approach to using CRISPR in plants is to edit the family of genes that confers … |
EurekAlert (press release) |
Ovarian hormones awaken newly discovered breast stem cells
EurekAlert (press release) The discovery was made by Dr Nai Yang Fu, Dr Anne Rios, Professor Jane Visvader and Professor Geoff Lindeman as part of a 20-year research program into how the breast develops from stem cells, and how breast cancers can arise from stem cells and … Melbourne scientists’ breast cell study offers cancer treatment hopeHerald Sun Breast cancer eats, sleeps, then wakes up and growsKnowridge Science Report |
Futurism |
Humans Can Now “Print” Genetic Code and Engineer Life
Futurism Scientists’ ability to create organisms through synthetic biology is getting easier and cheaper fueling the start of a new era in biology. Synthetic biology has already lead to some innovations such as lab-grown meat, advancement in medicine, and even … |
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Deaf mice able to hear ‘whispers’ after gene therapy
BioNews An improved gene therapy technique using a synthetic virus has restored the hearing of deaf mice up to the level of a whisper. This technique might eventually be used to treat fetuses affected by Usher syndrome, a genetic condition responsible for … |
Oldham Chronicle |
Mum’s plea for stem cell donor
Oldham Chronicle However in November 2016, two years after her diagnosis, the family were dealt a cruel blow and were told the only way forward would be a different regime of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant and began their campaign to raise awareness and find a … |
Genetic Literacy Project |
Genetically modified humans? CRISPR edges us toward ‘revolutionizing life’
Genetic Literacy Project The [CRISPR] technique is significant because it gives genetic biologists a powerful tool for gene editing. More importantly, it’s cheap. “The major impact of CRISPR has been in developing new model systems, cells and animals, that are more rapid to … |
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Study implicates neural stem cell defects in smooth brain syndrome
Medical Xpress In the new study—published online January 19, 2017 in Cell Stem Cell—the research team transformed skin cells from MDS patients and normal adults into induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSCs) and then into neural stem cells, which they placed in a 3 … |